Ridgefield Park NJ, Working vehicle fire, Railroad Ave. under Rt.80. 04-04-19

At just before 9am on April 4th, 2019, Ridgefield Park Fire Dept was dispatched to a verbal alarm from a DPW worker of a truck fire on Railroad Ave under the Rt.80 bridge. The Bogota Fire Dept also received calls as the location was right on the border. Units arrived to find a fully involved pickup truck and went to work extinguishing the fire. Shortly after arrival the gasoline tank suffered a bleve and burning gasoline started running down the street but this was quickly extinguished. The truck also had a diesel fuel tank with a manual pump mounted in the pickup bed which fed the fire. 1 water line and 1 foam line were used to extinguish the fire in under 10 minutes with no injuries although the truck was a total loss. It is believed that a mechanical issue was the cause of the fire.