“We have two garbage trucks that will be out of service for up to a year.”Ĭopyright 2022 KTVK/KPHO. A Waste Management garbage truck caught fire on SB I270 between Middlebrook Rd and Watkins Mill Road on Monday afternoon just before 1pm. “That causes a major disruption to our operation,” said Reyes. For a full list of items it accepts, click here.Īs temperatures heat up, the city hopes to get the word out there to prevent future garbage truck fires from sparking up.
The facility is open Wednesday through Saturday from 7 a.m. The facility even has a “swap shop” where people can drop off used hazardous items like paint, cleaning products and other chemicals that Mesa residents can pick up for free. Browse 28 garbage truck on fire videos and clips available to use in your projects, or start a new search to explore more footage and b-roll video clips. “They can still contain enough liquid material in them that when they are compacted in our garbage trucks, it can actually cause an explosion,” said Reyes. Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a garbage truck that caught on fire in Goleta Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Reyes said even if they are empty, those items can catch fire or explode. A concerned caller told dispatchers an empty garbage truck caught fire near a.
Items like batteries, aerosol cans, pool chemicals and propane gas tanks should be dropped off at the Mesa Hazardous Materials Facility. (CBS12) Firefighters extinguished a garbage truck fire in Fort Pierce on Tuesday afternoon.
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“We want residents to know that hazardous materials never should go in a trash or container,” said Mariano Reyes with the City of Mesa Environmental Management and Sustainability. Garbage truck driver dumps trash on street after items catch on fire in Westlake. City officials said there have been six garbage truck fires in the last two months because people are throwing away hazardous materials in the trash.
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MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - Garbage trucks in Mesa are catching fire, creating dangerous conditions for truck drivers and the community. Madison fire officials believe a fire that engulfed a garbage truck on the Beltline Thursday morning was likely caused by a mechanical issue within the truck. The truck driver drove the truck out of the apartment complex and pulled into a gas station to dump the burning load of trash.
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