VALDOSTA, Ga. – On Friday, November 22, the Valdosta Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a tractor-trailer fire at the intersection of E. Central Avenue and N. Lee Street.
The call came in at 12:32 a.m. Fire crews arrived on the scene within several minutes to find a tractor-trailer hauling bales of pine straw with fire conditions evident at the front of the trailer.
By 12:40 a.m., fire units had the majority of the fire under control. It took crews several hours to unload the trailer and do a thorough check of its contents. More than 700 bales of pine straw had to be unloaded from the trailer by fire personnel.
Engine 1 was supported by Truck 1 and Engine 3.
The fire was extinguished and all units cleared the incident at 5:50 AM.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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