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Palm Coast firefighters put out burning, watermelon-hauling semi-truck

‘Everyone safe’ after fire on I-95, firefighters say

Palm Coast firefighters put out burning watermelon-hauling semi-truck (Palm Coast Fire Department)

PALM COAST, Fla. – Palm Coast firefighters responded Friday night to a burning semi-truck full of watermelons along Interstate 95.

Units were dispatched to northbound I-95 at mile marker 294, where they arrived to find that flames coming from the semi’s cab were spreading into the front of the trailer, the Palm Coast Fire Department said on social media.

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Crews managed to stop the fire before it reached the semi-truck’s fuel tanks or the rest of the trailer, the post states.

Palm Coast firefighters put out burning watermelon-hauling semi-truck (Palm Coast Fire Department)

It appears the fire started from a tire which may have been flat and overheated, according to the post.

“Great teamwork helped keep the damage limited and everyone safe,” the post states.

Palm Coast firefighters put out burning watermelon-hauling semi-truck (Palm Coast Fire Department)

No other details had been shared at the time of this report.


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