Garbage truck fire caused by crushed lithium battery, Morristown TN
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire in a garbage truck caused by a crushed lithium-ion or computer battery in the trash. The fire was controlled and the garbage was removed for further inspection. The incident happened near Meadowview Ln and N Liberty Hill Rd in Morristown, Tennessee. Emergency teams handled the situation without the need for law enforcement.
Audio|Source: Hamblen County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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No engine two in routes to Roy Wider.
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Those requirements are going to either a dump truck that's on fire or something in the back end that it's on fire. We're going to be responding to that.
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10402, show you're out.
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1049.
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Engine 3 to injure 2.
00:22
You'll be just the second, Doug, and I'll let you know.
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Copy that, let me know if you need us. We'll head that way.
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Stand down, Doug. It must be something in the back of it.
00:48
Fire, Auto Fire, Meadowview Lane and North Liberty Hill Road, Morse.
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Engine 2
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6.6.25.
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And just 2.
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625.
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It would be 10-8 from 11 to 3, the grant overtime, interlocked device, and then regular shiftly 3 to 11.
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10.4.
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And just 2.
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4-head dismiss.
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Do you need law enforcement?
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Negative. Somebody's not a computer battery or a liquid ion battery in the trash and the trash trucks crushed it or something that they've got all the garbage out of the truck. They just want to get it back hole and separate it.
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Location mentioned:
Meadowview Ln & N Liberty Hill Rd, Morristown, TN 37814
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