Pickup truck fire shuts down highway i-55 near overpass, Jefferson County MO
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Fire & ArsonA pickup truck caught fire on highway I-55 near the AA overpass in Missouri. The fire caused the highway to be temporarily closed. Fire units arrived quickly, established command, and put the fire under control.
Audio|Heard on: Jefferson County Fire and EMS - Digital
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02:11
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead and re-dispatching and start in fastest.
00:03
Clear redispatching and starting fastest.
00:06
71813 responding.
00:09
2118 and they're advising it's anywhere from the 166 to 169.
00:15
Matt,
00:18
clear, hold off on fastest and we're in the area of 168 right now.
00:22
Holding off on fastest at 2118.
00:29
F-Co 70-3.
00:32
Go ahead, Jeff.
00:35
In the scene, just south of the, I believe, AA overpass, we have one pickup truck, fully involved, show 55 shutdown.
00:43
One pickup truck, fully involved, 55 shutdown.
00:46
They did advise there was no brush involved.
00:51
That's clear, Jeffco.
00:52
I'll have 55 command, we got one line off.
00:55
78-03 with 55 command one line off at 2121.
01:05
Jeff Co, you copied 7214 on the scene also, right?
01:08
Any permanent.
01:09
55 Command, place the alarm under control.
01:13
7213 as you approach,
01:15
take the outside lane for a brush truck.
01:24
The alarm under control, 78,2,13, and take the outside layer at 21, 23.
01:40
6.3.26 failed.
01:42
2125.
01:49
I-55, command 7213, what's your location?
01:56
168.6 also.
02:00
Clear as soon as you get here I need, water.
02:08
7802-13M-row here at 21.26.
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I-55, Missouri
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