BEND, Ore. (AP) — Residents in northeast Bend, Ore., were stunned to look outside after a loud boom and see a garbage truck engulfed in flames.
KTVZ-TV reports (http://is.gd/l4GN4i ) no one was hurt when the Cascade Disposal truck caught fire Thursday afternoon.
Deputy Fire Marshal Dan Derlacki says the truck was burning within 30 feet of a home. Flames were spreading to nearby vegetation when fire crews arrived.
He says firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading.
Derlacki says a hydraulic arm on the device that reaches out to grab a garbage can failed, spraying flammable hydraulic fluid onto the hot engine's surface. The driver quickly called 911.
Bend public works crews and a private environmental company were working with Cascade Disposal to clean up burned asphalt and spilled fluids.
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Information from: KTVZ-TV, http://www.ktvz.com/
