Car Carrying Wood Chips Catches Fire at Highway 101 and Indianola Cutoff

AI SUMMARY: At 3:14 pm, a car fire was reported at Highway 101 and Indianola Cutoff. The dispatch log indicates that a garbage trailer was on fire and an out-of-order vehicle was involved. The reporting party identified the vehicle as belonging to Bettendorf Trucking. Additionally, a semi-truck with a woodchip trailer was currently on fire. The vehicle was on the right-hand side of the road with no obstructions.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 3:21 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


3:14 p.m.
[1] GARBAGE TRL ON FIRE
3:16 p.m.
[3] RP IS INVLD//OO VEH
3:16 p.m.
[5] PER RP BETTENDORF TRUCKING VEH AND TRL
3:16 p.m.
[8] [Appended, 15:17:28] [1] SEMI W/ WOODCHIPOS CURR ON FIRE
3:16 p.m.
[10] [Appended, 15:17:28] [3] ON RHS NEG 1125
3:30 p.m.
[17] 1039 DOT [Shared]

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