Semi truck smoking at Tiffin rest stop is engine regeneration, Tiffin IA
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Fire & ArsonA semi truck was reported smoking and parked at the Tiffin rest stop westbound on I-80 near mile marker 237. Fire units responded and found no fire. The smoke was caused by the driver performing engine regeneration.
Audio|Heard on: Johnson County Fire/EMS
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02:53
Transcript:
00:00
Coralville Fire and Tiffin Fire.
00:02
J-Cast 2-4.
00:04
Respond to vehicle fire.
00:06
Tiffin rest stop westbound.
00:08
I-80 westbound at mile marker 237.
00:11
Tiffin. Cross streets are 237 West.
00:16
Senate State, we have a report of a semi that is smoking.
00:20
They pulled into the Tiffin rest area.
00:23
80 westbound at the 237.
00:25
80 westbound at the 237.
00:27
Complaint was just a passerby.
00:30
10-4[1]. Is that just for 1043 or would you agree with it to respond?
00:35
We just got another call on it.
00:37
We're sending fire.
00:38
I'll see if County has got a unit close.
00:46
J-C-com-15-01, I'll be an out.
00:49
Two minutes, seven.
00:54
Jay-com, I'm out of 22 on C.
00:57
Okay. Okay.
01:03
J-com, from 721.
01:06
Go ahead.
01:11
721, I'm somewhere else.
01:19
7217.
01:26
Good morning to the attention rest off westbound.
01:29
It was smoking.
01:31
It was parked in the truck area.
01:34
It was near other trucks, no flame seeing to smoke.
01:36
Do you count 501.
01:39
No one?
01:42
Good.
01:44
Deutze and Rose.
01:46
On scene does appear we have some sort of smoke coming from a trailer.
01:55
You start a tanker from North Liberty at this time.
01:58
... right now to do the cat.
02:20
Pistolity Fire mutual aid requested Tiffin rest stop westbound, B.D.
02:26
237. Westbound for a tanker.
02:28
Vehicle fire, 770, 821.
02:43
Spoke to the driver, this will be him re-genning his engine,
02:47
he'll be watching at no fire or emergency here.
02:51
All the units can return to service.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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I-80, Tiffin, IA
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