Tractor-trailer damaged by fire in Suffolk

Jimmy LaRoue
·1 min read

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A tractor-trailer filled with cotton caught on fire on U.S. Route 58 westbound at Pruden Boulevard in Suffolk Monday morning.

No one was injured.

<em>(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)</em>
(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)
<em>(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)</em>
(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)
<em>(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)</em>
(Photo – Suffolk Fire & Rescue)

Suffolk Fire Chief Mike Barakey said Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to a report of a tractor-trailer on fire around 5:28 a.m. When the first crew arrived seven minutes later, the tractor-trailer was well-involved in fire, he said, and one module of cotton was on fire in the trailer.

Engine 6 put out the fire and Ladder 6 overhauled the cotton, he said, and U.S. Route 58 westbound stayed closed for several hours.

The fire was under control by 5:40 a.m.

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