GLEN, Miss. (AP) - A garbage truck caught fire Thursday on U.S. Highway 72, forcing the roadway to close for a time.
Alcorn County emergency management director Ricky Gibens tells The Daily Corinthian (https://bit.ly/1hi8VGg ) the cab of the Waste Connections truck was destroyed when a fire started near the vehicle’s battery box.
No injuries were reported.
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The garbage truck, which had collected about half of its route, was westbound around 8:30 a.m. when the fire started.
Firefighters for the Farmington and Glen fire departments put out the fire.
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Information from: The Daily Corinthian.
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