Fuel truck trailer fire shuts down southbound lanes

Heard on: Lincoln Parish Fire

01:22

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

It's going to be in between 82 East and Dog on Bottom, southbound lanes.

00:04

Driver called in, said his tires are starting to melt.

00:11

Did he advise if the truck was loaded or empty?

00:14

He just said it's almost all crazy.

00:22

It's gonna be the tires on the trailer and it is fully loaded with fuel.

00:33

This is dispatcher.

00:34

You have a deputy en route to that location.

00:36

For traffic, I'll move.

00:41

Deputy's in area, turn out.

00:49

Good thing, you know, use whatever bit of road you need.

00:52

I'm not far behind you.

00:54

I'll show down traffic.

00:56

I have two deputies just passing me headed that way.

01:05

This is Lincoln Parish Fire.

01:07

Be advised, deputy on scene advises fully engulfed.

01:15

We're on fire of the tracker.

01:19

Let them know we're all on both lanes shut down.

7/21/2026 11:54 PM

Fire

East St, Grambling, LA 71245

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic describes a trailer tire fire on a fully loaded fuel truck in the southbound lanes between two local reference points near East St in Grambling, Louisiana. The fire reportedly grew until the truck was fully engulfed, and deputies and fire crews shut down both southbound lanes for traffic control.