Charlotte Fire Department

Charlotte Fire Department

News Media After Action Report


Report # 121108-043

RE: Fuel Tanker Fire/ 7401 Old Mt. Holly Rd

Benchmarks
Dispatched – 10:55 am
First CFD Unit Arrives – 10:59 am (Eng-21)
Control Time – 2:15 pm

CFD Personnel/Units
CFD – 35/ 15
Battalions 6, 3, Engines 21, 33, 13, 5, 10, Ladders 13, Rescue 10, Tankers 28, 35, 21, 9, Haz- Mat 1, 2

Structure/ Location
7400 block of Mt. Holly

Cause & Origin/Damage Estimates
CMPD is conducting the investigation into the cause this incident

Injuries/Accidents
NO INJURIES

Evacuations/ Persons Displaced
N/A

Incident Synopsis
Shortly before 11 am Thursday morning Charlotte FF’s were called to service for reports of fuel tanker on fire on Old Mt. Holly Rd in Northwest Charlotte. FF’s arrived to find a tractor-trailer fuel tanker (carrying 8500 gallons of gasoline) which had collided with a utility pole and involved with fire. Charlotte FF’s along with our Haz-Mat Teams were able to quickly extinguish the fire and confine the leak to the immediate area. After more than three hours the Charlotte Fire Department Haz-Mat Team working with the fuel transport company was able to complete the task of off-loading the gasoline from the damaged tanker to another nearby tanker that was brought in for the operation. Other agencies who responded to this incident included CMPD, Charlotte Mecklenburg Emergency Management, Medic, CSX Railroad, North Carolina Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Division, Mecklenburg County EPA, and Duke Energy



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