kscarbel2 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The Star Press / February 2. 2016A 2016 Western Star city snow plow/salt spreader truck parked inside the Muncie, Indiana street department garage mysteriously went up in flames on Tuesday morning.Street Supt. Duke Campbell said the $140,000 Western Star truck hadn't been driven for several days.A mechanic and another worker heard a loud pop before seeing flames coming from under the hood. They tried to extinguish the blaze with a fire extinguisher but were driven back by heavy smoke that filled the building and poured out of doors. City firefighters brought the fire under control before it spread from the truck.The truck was almost brand new and there are four others like it, Campbell said, expressing concern that one of the other trucks could also catch fire.In case one of the other trucks catches fire, they were moved outdoors.The service garage, which is attached to the street department's offices, was flooded and also sustained smoke damage. Fortunately, no containers of chemicals caught fire. Police kept media and others away from the scene because of the potential for chemical explosions.While street department offices were able to be re-occupied after the fire, the service garage remained without power, heat or water, and some of the building's wiring was melted. The fire activated sprinklers in the garage but not in the offices. The garage can't be used until water is restored and pressure brought back up into the sprinkler system."The fire definitely started with the vehicle," Muncie Fire Chief Eddie Bell said. "One employee was close enough to hear a pop … and saw it burning under the hood inside the building. He tried to get a fire extinguisher to put it out but basically it got to the point where there was too much smoke so he called 911. At this time there is no definite cause on what happened with the vehicle. That is not something that's very common. That's really something kind of strange."The street department is headquartered on Kilgore Avenue west of Elm Ridge Funeral Home and Memorial Park.Photo gallery & video - http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2016/02/02/fire-muncie-street-dept-building/79688410/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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