Chula Vista: Trash Truck Fire 02262019

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 2-26-19 9:27 am
LOCATION: 3802 Main St
CITY: Chula Vista
DETAILS:
A Republic Trash truck had a fire start in their container. The driver dumped some of its content onto a business complex parking lot. Firefighters poured a lot of water into the container, but are having to wait for the truck to be emptied so they can make sure the fire is completely out. A blue substance is pouring out of the container with the water and it is not known what this substance is, and firefighters were building dirt berms to stop the water and substance from going into the drainage and a nearby creek. SDFD Hazmat has been notified.

[@eklektek5032]

This is why you dont throw away batteries in the trash. Apart from it not being good for the environment, some batteries may ignite when punctured. Not saying that's what it was butnit could have been.

[@PhillipRhodes]

That sinking feeling when you realize that your efforts to put the fire out are creating a haz-mat incident. :-( Time to call out DOT and see if they can bring a dumptruck load of sand and a backhoe...

[@shortthrow50]

Christ that was painful watching that terrible skid steer operator

[@MrSquareart]

WOW!!! this the second trah ruck to catch on fire and the same area. Plus the same company!! What is going on!!

[@shortthrow50]

Has nothing to do with company you nimrod. It’s one of the largest companies. So that puts them out there to being more susceptible. Idiots put combustibles in the trash and somehow they ignite. Happens all the time. Name of the trash company isn’t what starts a fire in the pay load

[@Wolfhound.]

best thing you can do when one of them catches fire is find a open area with the firefighters to dump it out and reload

[@ddoyle11]

Waste of a perfectly good apple....

[@Terrifier1984]

This hapen in oceanside too the driver dumped the whole load to save the truck

[@fakealexstrong]

“Republic” spilled a shit ton of hydraulic fluid all over my street a few weeks ago. Need to get it together

[@shortthrow50]

Accidents happen you fool. Have you any clue how many hydraulic hoses these trucks have and the amount of pressure that runs through them. These hoses break and there is no way to know when or how it’s gonna happen. Get over it you precious snowflake

[@fakealexstrong]

shortthrow50 I in fact DO Know how many hoses and the pressure in the hydraulic lines. Do you??? And Actually there is a way to tell! It’s called running maintenance on those hydraulic systems, inspecting the lines for dry rotting, cracks, or inconsistencies. You clearly have no clue about anything and are literally just a little bitch. Get over yourself and maybe comment real info before you try to talk shit. BITCH

[@ryanfitz2214]

Must be a really smelly fire