Fire damages truck and tools

Madison and Chester firefighters responded to a call Monday morning of a truck fire in the southern part of Lake County.  Madison Fire Chief Randy Minnaert said that the call came in just after 7:00 Monday morning for a truck fire at the intersection of Highway 19 and 244th Street.  He said that the vehicle was a 2019 Freightliner with a cube box full of tools, and the fire had started in the back of the truck in the cargo area near a heater.  Minnaert said there was substantial damage to both the truck and the inventory in it.  He said that Madison had three and Chester had one truck at the scene, where they were for around an hour.  Minnaert said that the truck’s driver was from Tea and was enroute to Madison at the time that the fire broke out.  

 

November 15, 2022