Vehicle fire on I-40 near Crookton exit westbound, Yavapai County AZ


A vehicle caught fire on the westbound side of I-40 near the Crookton exit. Fire crews arrived and set up equipment to extinguish the flames. The highway patrol closed lanes in the area to allow safe firefighting operations.
Audio|Source: Ash Fork Fire Dispatch
01:26
Transcript:
00:00
Tender 2 out with morning.
00:06
Before I've got black smoke on the horizon.
00:08
Looks like it's pretty good because I can see flame from the 144 exit.
00:18
Two engine four all set up a blocking position and try and secure a lane so that you can run the tender up against it, use the side cannons to get a good knock on it.
00:34
Hi, Tavi.
00:40
22 is at the station.
00:46
It looks like it's going to be just before the Crookton exit.
01:01
This is Engine 4. It looks like it's going to be on the Crookton exit. It looks like the truck was trying to exit and it's on the exit.
01:09
So we have plenty of room to work. Looks like DPS has the lane shutdown.
01:17
On the westbound side?
01:20
Yeah, 10-4[1]. It's going to be on the westbound side.
01:23
And you're going to have plenty of room to work here with the tender.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative response; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
I-40, Arizona
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