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Garbage truck fire causes road hazard at Lead and Menlo, Fresno CA

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N Lead Ave & W Menlo Ave, Fresno, CA 93711

According to the dispatch call, a garbage truck caught fire near Lead Avenue and Menlo Avenue, causing the driver to dump garbage into the roadway and creating a traffic hazard.

Audio|Heard on: Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS
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00:19
Transcript:
00:00
Resident 1220, CSO or a cadet for a traffic hazard at Lead and Menlo.
00:05
It was a garbage truck and containment that caught fire.
00:08
They had to dump their load in the roadway.
00:14
The sanitation worker is dumping the contents onto the roadway, northeast corner.

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Location mentioned:
N Lead Ave & W Menlo Ave, Fresno, CA 93711
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