A rental truck caught hearth on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston on Monday afternoon, officers stated, prompting the short-term closure of an off-ramp.
Emergency personnel responded to experiences of a burning automobile close to the turnpike’s exit 131, at 3:23 p.m., in response to Massachusetts State Police. They discovered a U-Haul truck, apparently containing bedding materials, that was “absolutely engulfed” in flames.
Boston and Cambridge firefighters labored to place out the blaze, State Police stated in a tweet. In the meantime, state troopers closed the turnpike’s eastbound off-ramp to Cambridge Avenue.
A video tweeted by the Boston Fireplace Division reveals the burning truck close to the Cambridge Avenue overpass, with “thick black smoke” billowing into the overcast Allston skyline.
The one place for engines to entry water was 50 ft beneath the roadway, in response to the division.
Responders additionally put out one other hearth on the scene, after particles from the burning truck landed on the roof of a close-by shed, the division stated.
The truck’s occupants had been unhurt, in response to State Police. Nevertheless, one firefighter was taken to Massachusetts Normal Hospital after the fireplace was extinguished.
State Police stated the burnt-out automobile had been eliminated by 6:28 p.m., by which era all lanes had been reopened.
The Boston Fireplace Division couldn’t be reached for remark. The Cambridge Fireplace Division declined remark.
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