Vehicle fire with possible explosion on northbound I-280, Santa Clara County CA


Emergency crews responded to a traffic accident on northbound I-280 near El Monte Avenue. A white Honda vehicle caught fire and there was a possible explosion associated with the vehicle.
Audio|Source: Santa Clara County Fire - Dispatch and Commands
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Transcript:
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Engine 76 and Rescue 74, Traffic Collision[1], NB2808.
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Rescue 74, this will be some kind of an accident, possible car fire,
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and now we're going to call that something possibly exploding in the car. Northbound 280, just north of El Monte Avenue.
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Rescue 74.
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Rescue, sir.
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Engine 76A.
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And this will be a car fire,
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possibly of access, also some kind of explosion, possibly from the vehicle.
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Frontline 2A. North of El Monte, it would be responding to Rescue 74.
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And Powell, Wethel 65 is also going to be responding. Engine 76. Seventy-Dill.
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Okay,
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clear, 75, fire, engine 65, respond.
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Agent 65, copy responding. If you're responding with rescue 74, Agent 76.
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Northbound I-280, north of El Monte.
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We got a white Honda,
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possibly an accident, possibly a car fire, or an explosion from the car.
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Agent 65.
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Fire Rescue 74 is on scene of a vehicle fire on the right-hand shoulder of the on-ramp from
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Traffic Collision: Vehicle collision incident
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I-280, California
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