NewsSeptember 7, 2016
Extra crispy: Truck carrying pork catches fire
CUMBERLAND, Md. -- Drivers on Interstate 68 may have smelled home cooking when a tractor-trailer carrying bacon, ribs and other pork products caught fire. Cumberland Fire Department Capt. Steve Grogg said the truck caught fire Monday, shutting down eastbound traffic from 6 p.m. to midnight. Tanker trucks supplied water, and several area fire departments helped extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured. Grogg said a fire hose was damaged beyond repair by bacon grease...
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CUMBERLAND, Md. -- Drivers on Interstate 68 may have smelled home cooking when a tractor-trailer carrying bacon, ribs and other pork products caught fire. Cumberland Fire Department Capt. Steve Grogg said the truck caught fire Monday, shutting down eastbound traffic from 6 p.m. to midnight. Tanker trucks supplied water, and several area fire departments helped extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured. Grogg said a fire hose was damaged beyond repair by bacon grease.
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