Semi-truck reported with heavy smoke on highway


A caller reported seeing a semi-truck with heavy smoke near mile markers 15 and 16 on a highway going north. No flames were visible, but the smoke was thick.
Audio|Source: Bradley County Sheriff, Cleveland Police, Fire Rescue and MAC
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Transcript:
I copy. 7-1-8 contact with employees, everything's charged tonight. No, I copy. 311, I'm there, I'm 5. I copy. 67, I've contacted that mail with a flashlight if you're up from Park. Rescue 8, Agent 13, Agent 14. had a passerback[1] on in a semi-truck possibly on fire, so it's in the area of the 16-mile marker, possibly between the 15 and the fort, correction 15 and 16 on the northbound side. So it was a semi, didn't see any flames. All he saw was a lot of smoke, so much smoke you couldn't make out anything other than it was a semi-truck.
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passerback: Passerby Report
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Bradley County, TN
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