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Tractor trailer catches fire on loading dock of Rocky Hill, CT. warehouse

Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Puppage, Aug 24, 2018.

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  1. Aug 24, 2018 #1
    Puppage

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    Tractor trailer catches fire on loading dock, spreads to Rocky Hill warehouse

    Yikes! What could have caused this??

    ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) - A tractor trailer truck caught fire and spread to a food distribution warehouse in Rocky Hill on Thursday night.

    The Deputy Fire Marshal says that at around 9:07 p.m., the Rocky Hill Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire at Burris Logistics, which is a large food distribution warehouse at 490 Brook Street.
    Upon arrival, firefighters found that the front of a tractor trailer, which was attached to the load dock, was on fire and that the flames had extended to the warehouse through the opened loading dock roll-up door.
    Fire crews were able to get the fire under control at around 9:44 p.m. with no injuries reported.
    The cause of the blaze is unknown at this time. The fire remains under investigation.
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  3. Aug 24, 2018 #2
    brian991219

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    Wow! Looks like maybe a faulty refer unit? Maybe vapor buildup inside trailer ignited by the forklift? Any number of reasons. Glad no one was injured.
     
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  4. Aug 24, 2018 #3
    Puppage

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    Amen to that!
     
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    Trucker61016

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    Wonder if they still reject the load. Its just severally cooked now. No problem here. I joke since no one was hurt.
     
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  7. Aug 24, 2018 #5
    hagarcobra

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    Hot load?? Had to do it,sorry .
     
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  8. Aug 24, 2018 #6
    x1Heavy

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    I am happy to see no one got hurt or compromise the ammonia systems for cold storage.

    Now. I am curious about one thing. Assuming the trailer is a total loss and it's contents, does the cold storage pay the loss or does the trucking company pay it?
     
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  9. Aug 24, 2018 #7
    buddyd157

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    Upon arrival, firefighters found that the front of a tractor trailer, which was attached to the load dock, was on fire and that the flames had extended to the warehouse through the opened loading dock roll-up door.

    i'm still looking for the tractor attached that was on fire as well..???
     
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  10. Aug 24, 2018 #8
    bryan21384

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    Wholly Smokes!!!!
     
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  11. Aug 25, 2018 #9
    x1Heavy

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    I was looking for the same as well.

    The media has gotten really poorly lately a bunch of numb nuts unable to write a simple fire report without hogging onto the same scary words capable of upsetting the DC rush hour crowd... Big scary tractor trailer etc. //snark.

    I offer a parting shot that the media itself is in decline and is a liability of and itself.
     
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  12. Aug 25, 2018 #10
    mjd4277

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    Parked regen or defrost mode gone wrong?
     
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