Semi truck's rear brakes catch fire on highway, Valparaiso IN


A semi truck on west US Highway 30 caught fire at the rear brakes with the trailer disconnected. Fire units and medic responded to extinguish the vehicle fire.
Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
01:30
Transcript:
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Union Fire 1111, 1176, 1144, and Medic 41.
00:07
Priority 1[1].
00:08
Vehicle fire.
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Commercial vehicle involved? At near West U.S.
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Highway 30.
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Timeout 1906[2].
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Matt 1046, the 227-over-6.
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That's back on his way, you can close it out.
00:20
Sorry, 10-2-41. 12-45. 12-45.
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25.
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25. 12-45, sure, so on, I like you.
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That 19-10.
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Control 111 is approaching the scene, semi has been disconnected from the trailer and it looks like it might be the back brakes on the tractor on and by shortly.
00:36
Claire 1101 on scene at 1910, somebody's been disconnected from the tractor trailer, possible ray fire.
00:44
Gotcha, 1245 will be approaching.
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At 1911.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Priority 1: Highest priority emergency response
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Timeout 1906: Timestamp for event logging
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Location mentioned:
Near W US Hwy 30, Valparaiso, IN 46383
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