A Maryland fire truck itself burst into flames while responding to an emergency call Monday afternoon.
A Montgomery County Fire and Rescue truck was responding to a commercial building fire in the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring when mechanical issues forced it to pull over. Soon after, the vehicle’s engine and cab area burst into flames.
Another Montgomery County fire unit that was with the truck extinguished the blaze. All firefighters aboard were unharmed.
The crew managed to save a majority of the truck’s equipment, which will be tested before being put onto a new fire engine. The truck was Fire Station 16’s only vehicle equipped with a ladder, so crews are working to get another in service shortly, according to officials.
Investigators are working to determine the fire’s cause, although darkness forced them to quit for the night.
The fire which the truck was initially responding to, which appears to have originated in the air conditioning, was quickly put out as well.
The cost of the damage is unknown.
