Recently, a spontaneously combusted truck whistled and drove into the Songxi toll station of Changshen Expressway. At the critical moment, several toll collectors on duty rushed to the rescue, quickly extinguished the fire, and saved the goods worth more than 100,000 yuan on the car.
According to the driver's recollection, Mr. Zhang, on that day, he pulled a cart of wooden handicrafts from Yanping to Ningbo, Zhejiang. When the truck drove to the toll station of Changshen Expressway about 2 kilometers, he noticed that there was smoke coming out of the body, and immediately got out of the car to check, and found that the body turned red and began to burn. Mr. Zhang quickly got into the car and drove to the Songxi toll booth while honking his horn, hoping to get help as soon as possible.
After the toll collector on duty found the abnormal situation, a toll collector rushed out of the booth, pushed open the toll railing to let the truck pass, and so the truck arrived in the open area, several toll collectors carried fire extinguishers to the fire spray, everyone division of labor and cooperation, with in place, after fighting, the vehicle fire was basically controlled, to prevent the spread of the fire, to win valuable time for the arrival of firefighters. After the firefighters arrived at the scene, they immediately cooled the vehicle cargo, and the driver's property damage was kept to a minimum.
"If you hadn't helped me put out the fire in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable, thank you so much!" Mr. Zhang, the truck driver, said excitedly as he shook the hands of the toll booth staff.
Nanping Expressway Songxi Toll Station Warm Reminder:
Vehicles are prone to spontaneous combustion accidents in hot weather, please pay special attention to check the condition of the car before driving, do not let the vehicle "sick" on the road, in case of emergencies, you can go to the nearest toll station for help.
Source: Pine Creek Today