Pickens Fire was dispatched to a vehicle fire at around 7:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at the J.M. Huber Engineered Materials plant, located on Highway 53 East. The vehicle was reported to be at the weigh-in station.
First arriving units found a tractor-trailer with the tractor fully involved with fire. Fire personnel began the fire attack that had the fire under control in just a few minutes. The fire was contained to the tractor with no damage to exposures. The driver reported pulling into the weigh-in area and saw smoke coming from under the vehicle’s hood. When he raised the hood, fire erupted from the engine area.
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