Trash truck engine catches fire near south shore drive, Owls Head ME
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Firefighters responded to a fire in the engine compartment of a trash truck near South Shore Drive in Owls Head. The fire could not be put out using portable extinguishers.
Audio|Heard on: Knox County Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:55
Transcript:
00:00
Knox, start my fire department to near South Shore Drive in Owls Head for a trash truck that's on fire and getting an all hand response please is Rockland and South Austin.
00:19
Copy car on.
00:44
M. M. A-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
01:01
Owlshead Fire and all assisting agencies respond to near South Shore Drive in Owls Head for a trash truck on fire called in by car one.
01:14
Owlshead Fire and assisting agencies respond to near South Shore Drive in Owls Head for a trash truck on fire.
01:24
Across Street, sir, Cripple Creek Lane and Ashpoint Drive, Knoxville.
01:35
Aulte Carto, NOx, enter into a station.
01:39
Copy allothead, Cartoon, interstate station.
01:46
South Thomas and Cartoon, Knox.
01:49
South Thomas and Cartoon, Knox.
01:50
South Thomas and Cartoon, Car Two.
01:53
Copy in room direct.
01:56
Copy Car Two in route direct.
02:05
Rockland engine two now.
02:08
Rockland engine two.
02:10
The engine engine two.
02:13
Copy have your inner.
02:23
Self-shore drive command and Knox.
02:26
Self-shore drive command.
02:34
And Knox,
02:36
be advised the fires in the engine compartment.
02:39
It's just starting right now and we've put extinguisher on it with no results.
02:48
Copy fires in the engine compartment.
02:52
Attempted to extinguish no results.
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