More Details on Tanker Truck Fire in Roseville

A semi-trailer truck fire late Wednesday night in Roseville left the vehicle's cab charred and burned out. 
But Roseville firefighters were able to contain and extinguish the blaze before it spread to the truck's trailer, which was carrying 7,700 gallons of ethanol.
Fire crews doused the tanker with water and also undertook operations with its foam trailer to prevent the cab fire from spreading. 

Here is the Roseville Fire Department's summary of the incident:

"On Wednesday Sept. 18, approximately 2330 (11:30 p.m) hours, the Roseville Fire Department was dispatched to a reported semi –tanker truck on fire on County Road C between Long Lake Rd & the railroad tracks.  

Fire Crews arrive to find a semi-truck cab fully involved in fire and fire impinging on the tanker which was carrying 7,700 gallons of ethanol.

First arriving crews began attacking the cab fire and trying to cool the tanker to keep the tanker from burning.   The fire progressed quickly causing the initial crews to reposition fearing that the ethanol tanker would rupture causing the product to combust.

The department's newly purchased foam trailer and utility truck arrived and was positioned for foam suppression operations. Within minutes the foam operations began and quickly knocked down the fire keeping the fire from involving the ethanol product.

Fire crews continued to cool the tanker, and extinguish hot-spots on the cab of the truck. Fire command notified the State Duty Officer of the incident, and requested State Haz Mat, and PCA for clean-up coordination.

The tank containing the ethanol was damaged, and the wheels of the tanker were burned away, so plans were formulated to off-load the 7700 gallons of product.

Approximately 0400 hours off-load operations, and clean-up operations were complete, and fire crews began to pick-up fire operations. Crews remained on scene until 0600 hours working with the tow company to remove the heavily damaged vehicle.

There were not injuries related to the incident."

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