It was a scene that some fire fighters say was overwhelming.
"Twenty feet, twenty feet in the air," said Asst. Chief Bo Norton, Caroline County Fire Department.
Flames reached several stories high and black smoke reached even higher during rush hour yesterday. On I95 fire crews were responding to a tractor trailer on fire. Making the problem worse were its contents.
"The tires were burning the whole truck and trailer was fully involved when we arrived on scene," said Norton.
State Police investigators say the truck blew a tire, struck guardrail and took out several trees before landing on its side and catching on fire. The driver was responders first priority but they say he was dead at the scene.
"You see tractor trailer accidents tractor trailer fires but nothing to this extent," said Capt. Justin Calhoun, Caroline County Fire Department.
The extent of the flare-ups and clean up has lasted all day at the scene. A crew stayed overnight to keep an eye on the smoldering tires. Crews say that element of this fire made it much more complicated to put out.
"Once they started burning...it was really hard to take them out, so we just basically let it burn as much as we could," said Calhoun.
Throughout the day traffic inched past the debris and charred accident site.
"Everything added together just made it together just made it a tough call obviously we've been out here for 24 hours and we're just getting a good knock down on everything," said Calhoun.
While the fire is now completely put out, and much debris removed, it's not a scene responders will soon forget.
"It's overwhelming some to see a truck fully involved knowing there's human life involved," said Norton.
"Twenty feet, twenty feet in the air," said Asst. Chief Bo Norton, Caroline County Fire Department.
Flames reached several stories high and black smoke reached even higher during rush hour yesterday. On I95 fire crews were responding to a tractor trailer on fire. Making the problem worse were its contents.
"The tires were burning the whole truck and trailer was fully involved when we arrived on scene," said Norton.
State Police investigators say the truck blew a tire, struck guardrail and took out several trees before landing on its side and catching on fire. The driver was responders first priority but they say he was dead at the scene.
"You see tractor trailer accidents tractor trailer fires but nothing to this extent," said Capt. Justin Calhoun, Caroline County Fire Department.
The extent of the flare-ups and clean up has lasted all day at the scene. A crew stayed overnight to keep an eye on the smoldering tires. Crews say that element of this fire made it much more complicated to put out.
"Once they started burning...it was really hard to take them out, so we just basically let it burn as much as we could," said Calhoun.
Throughout the day traffic inched past the debris and charred accident site.
"Everything added together just made it together just made it a tough call obviously we've been out here for 24 hours and we're just getting a good knock down on everything," said Calhoun.
While the fire is now completely put out, and much debris removed, it's not a scene responders will soon forget.
"It's overwhelming some to see a truck fully involved knowing there's human life involved," said Norton.
