VIDEO: Trash burns in street after truck fire in Fauntleroy

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6:55 PM: Thanks for the tip. A “car fire” callout in the 4000 block of SW Barton is actually a solid-waste truck fire, says our texter, and police are being dispatched for traffic control – the dispatcher described it as a “large trash fire in the roadway.’ We’re on the way to check it out.

7:11 PM: Adding reader video sent by Eric Nordlund. As it shows, and as our crew reports, the truck had to dump trash in the street after the truck broke out – and that’s where the trash burned. No injuries.

(Photo by Mike George)

Now they have to figure out how to get it cleaned up.

(WSB photo)

7:24 PM: Police have just told dispatch that the road is likely to be blocked “for several hours.”

CarDriver February 17, 2021 (7:36 pm)

Guessing they’ll have to bring in a front end loader and dump truck.

Neighbors February 17, 2021 (10:11 pm)

Yep, they did. They are wrapping up the cleanup. The sparks when the wire touched the truck was a crazy fireworks show. The driver did a great job keeping his composure to dump the load to avoid the truck setting on fire. He tried to distill the flames w/ a fire extinguisher but it was too much. The fire department had a quick response time. SCL was out quickly to address the low hanging wire, not sure about the power outage at a neighboring house. SPU responded quickly with a crew to clean it up. Was a crazy night for sure. Good job by everyone involved.
- WONY Won February 18, 2021 (9:44 pm)
  
  THE DRIVER. DID A WONDERFUL JOB. RIGHT ON DUDE. HE DID EXCELLENT JOB. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE ON THIS EARTH. THE CITY NEEDS TO GIVE HIM A METAL OF HONOR. HE SHOULD BE CALLED. THE HERO OF THE CITY

Helpermonkey February 18, 2021 (7:03 am)

2020: dumpster fire. 2021: hold my beer.

45tothetoilet February 18, 2021 (8:21 am)

2020 has come to life!

Rick February 18, 2021 (8:26 am)

I grew up on 40th and Barton and nothing cool like this ever happened. Just the occasional car/pole interaction where 40th juts out a bit.

Kye February 18, 2021 (9:42 pm)

That dumpster truck man is a Real “OG,” he conducted himself extremely well. And he has displayed training techniques that proved he sucessfully completed his training! Give that man a Raise or Promotion right away!

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