Semi-truck fire causes interstate closure near Highway 75, Cass County NE
Fire & ArsonA semi-truck caught fire near Highway 75, south of Rock Bluff. The diesel tank exploded, and the front of the truck was fully on fire. Large black smoke was visible, and the interstate was shut down with all traffic diverted. Multiple fire departments and law enforcement units responded to the scene.
Audio|Source: Otoe, Cass and Johnson Counties Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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9-012[1]. We've got a large amount of black smoke seen from 424 Westmount.
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1816.
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331 classes in real.
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8G16.
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9-01018 Plasma, time 52.
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2018. 2018.
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Highway 75, south of Rock Bluff, northbound lane, Nebraska 20U 864, Eugene, 864 on a Ford Vestiva.
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92012. Ponswood.
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9012[2]. 9012.
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Yeah, traffic backed all the way up, starting at 422.4 on the AADM on the shoulder trying to get up there.
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10-4[5], Greenwood has been paged.
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Ashland has also, crushing there currently paging for mutual aid.
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9-012[1].
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1097[3] NSP[4] is also here.
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I'll be out with NSP[4] 435.
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1819.
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We've got a second NSP[4] in it coming from the east.
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We're following him in.
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1.012. Are you on the number one lane or number three lane side of this westbound?
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9-0101-2 advise inside lane For lane 1 Lane 1
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20 20
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Ash 1 630 to Cass County County 630 to Cass County dispatchment
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Ashland on fire dispatch.
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Be advised, Ashton has one inch and one three thousand gallon tanker in route.
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You have a...
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Go ahead.
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No, we do not know.
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I just had seen... One hundred eighty-two.
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They're hitting the congestion.
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As well. 104. I'm heading up to the exit.
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NSP[4] is requesting football traffic in that area.
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74.
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Plasmid 901-2.
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Do we have an idea of what's being carried on that semi?
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NSP[4] advised that the diesel tank already exploded.
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I don't know what's on it.
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I haven't gotten that close.
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The front looks like it's fully involved.
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Understood 1821.
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Cass County Dispatch County Dispatch.
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1076. On fire dispatch.
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1821. 1821.
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3131, 3131 is on location.
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31 1822.
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Greenwich, 349 in a route.
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349, 1822.
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Go ahead, 610.
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POMER 610 will be out of station doing standby for the home football game remaining available for call.
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104, 1822.
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Ashton 630 is clear on Tag 3.
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55901805 Chattice.
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Good, too, also.
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She was also.
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1029, 1060 Whiteville, Nebraska, last name Parsons, P.
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Paul, A. Adam, or Robert, Sam, Ocean, and Nora, Sam.
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First name is (name withheld).
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G. George, Adam, Robert, while young, and then also be P.
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Paul. The date of birth, 1988, 326, March 26, 1988, White Mill, Nebraska.
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9012[2].
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Fire 1097[3].
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1823.
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923.
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9018, reference mail, no 102929960, reference mail, no 1029, not 1060, clearance, e-just.
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Cereensor.
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1824.
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9-0-0 plasma just 178 the interstate is shut down everyone will be diverted westbound onto the off-rance 420
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1825 1 2 to 1 0
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Do you need assistance back there? Do you want me to keep directing people from 420?
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...0101-2, choose to go to the 420 exit and assist in getting some of this interstate traffic through and onto the other side.
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Downboard. AT 25.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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9-012: Unit identifier (Fire/EMS)
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9012: Unit identifier (Fire/EMS)
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1097: Arrived at Scene
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NSP: Nebraska State Patrol
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Received
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Cass County, NE
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