Tractor trailer catches fire at Valdosta intersection

November 22, 2019
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VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer fore at East Central Ave. and North Lee St. in the early morning hours Friday.

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer fore at East Central Ave. and North Lee St. in the early morning hours Friday.

The call came in at 12:32 a.m. Fire crews arrived on scene within several minutes to find a tractor trailer hauling bales of pine straw with fire conditions evident at the front of the trailer.

  • VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer fore at East Central Ave. and North Lee St. in the early morning hours Friday.
  • VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer fore at East Central Ave. and North Lee St. in the early morning hours Friday.
  • VALDOSTA -- The Valdosta Fire Department responded to a tractor trailer fore at East Central Ave. and North Lee St. in the early morning hours Friday.

By 12:40 a.m., fire units had majority of the fire under control.

It took crews several hours to unload the trailer and do a thorough check of its contents. More than 700 bales of pine straw had to be unloaded from the trailer by fire personnel.

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The fire was extinguished and all units cleared the incident at 5:50 a.m.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.


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