Truck caught fire while driving through Farmerville, Farmerville LA


An 18-wheeler truck caught fire at the back while driving through Farmerville. Flames were seen coming from the tires as the truck passed landmarks like Dollar General and Farmerville First Assembly of God Church. Emergency responders intercepted the truck and extinguished the fire in a parking lot near Pooch Motors.
Audio|Source: Farmersville Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Y'all sit on South Maine.
00:01
There's supposed to be an 18-wheeled coming across the lake right now.
00:04
It's supposed to have the back of it's on fire.
00:06
The caller's behind it and sees flames shooting out from the tires, but she's unable to signal them to stop.
00:12
They're coming by Dollar General right now.
00:14
I'm not as if y'all sit right there at the South Maine, you'll be able to see them, stop them, maybe.
00:18
I can be on fire.
00:21
10-4[1] this, Matt.
00:22
No, change.
00:23
Stop the drag.
00:28
Info, Olivia hated your way.
00:30
You go get the truck, you go stop the truck.
00:32
You're going to stop the truck.
00:34
Yeah, hold.
00:40
25, you went well.
00:51
Uh, Temple, I'm living where we're out here to doing this stuff at the school.
00:57
They're coming that way.
00:58
I was just going to stay here and finish this.
01:07
I'm going to jump up here and see if I can't catch it.
01:14
It comes by the Farmerville First Assembly of God Church right now, right there at Hick's still.
01:26
Let's be passed by those.
01:29
Copy that, I see him.
01:43
I'm 1097 with it.
01:48
13, I got a fire extinguisher on it, but we're gonna need some water.
02:05
It ain't cooling off, it keeps catching back.
02:11
Pencil, I'm picking me there.
02:18
This is bad, I'm going to be cold for with it.
02:20
I'm going to be cold for.
02:21
Right across the Pooch Motors in the parking lot here, I believe I got it out.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative (message received)
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