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Garbage truck fire causes road cleanup, Orem UT

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/6/2025 12:03 PM

Near S 320 E, Orem, UT 84058

A garbage truck caught fire near S 320 E in Orem, Utah. The driver tried to put out the flames with a hose before being told to leave the vehicle. Fire crews arrived and extinguished the blaze. The truck’s load was dumped onto the road, and city crews were called to help with cleanup.

Audio|Source: Utah County Public Safety

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Transcript:

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near S 320 E part of a garbage truck that's on site

00:07

this owner is trying to douse with a hose there's a lot of smooth side of the truck we're telling him to get out of the vehicle at this time garbage truck on fire

00:24

Metro Battalion 33 will be en route to the garbage truck on fire.

00:37

Let's repeat.

00:38

Hi, (name withheld), I'm going to send other units to assist.

00:42

In the road or go by any of the iron home.

00:53

I will ask and see where exactly the fire is.

01:01

6A33, sign the agency assist me.

01:04

Looks in war.

01:15

7.

01:18

All users are clear you can clear it up.

01:20

Can you show in the code 7?

01:24

104.

01:25

439, code 7.

01:28

5.4.

01:31

I've had a remark.

01:32

Do you short this back to the original.

01:37

229. 229.

01:41

You can grab my vehicle theft and show me out for some please.

01:47

Time forth.

01:52

Arbage fire, this load has been dumped into the road, so you might want to contact streets.

01:59

We're going to need a backhoe or something to clean.

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Location mentioned:

Near S 320 E, Orem, UT 84058

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Comments ⸱ 1

I hope the garbage truck driver is OK. I felt like someone put gas or something in his garbage truck that caught on fire. I don’t know the whole situation but I hope everyone’s OK in that situation.

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