Semi-truck fire ignites after collision on I-295


A semi-truck caught fire after a crash on I-295. The cab was burning and the trailer was empty. Emergency crews are on the scene and the highway is closed.
Audio|Source: Hanover County Fire / EMS
04:31
Transcript:
Fourth or south of the 301 exchange. Tanker 410. Motor vehicle collision. 4.1. I295 south. Tanker 410. Motor vehicle collision. 4.1. I295 South. Cross streets are I-295 south to Chamberlain Road Southbound and Chamberlain Road Southbound to I-295 South. Station 6th District. TAC 5[5]. Time out 1414[1]. We'll be out of service personnel. The service, 14-50. Brian, I'm both shortening up my block so we can nurse off each other. Yeah. Tanker 411. Motor vehicle collision. 4.1. I290. South tanker 411 motor vehicle collision 4-1 I295 south cross streets are I 295 south to Chamberlain road southbound and Chamberlain road southbound to I 295 south station 6 is district Tech 5 timeout 1416[2] We're off-team, 42 south, semi-off road, we're into the median with fully involved cabs and trailers catching off now. Moving fire attack mode, establish your command. 840611, semi-offroadway into medium, fully engulfed. Fire attack mode, 1417[3]. Medicare 4-a-Matic 410. 2410, go ahead. What's your location? We're on T-M, T95-41 cell. 104-2-2-Greg. We got water and fire, one green patient, the trailer is empty. Can I do water on the fire, one green patient, trailer empty. 1418. 416 driver, command, half the time. I'm saying 4-2, I'm the right. I'll need this. We've got water on the fire at this time. We've got water on the fire at this time. We're going to be on Tech 5, Inter406, Bidavis, water is on a fire. Do you 410 to Hanover on 5. We've got water on the fire for your benchmark. That might be. 14.410 officer to 406 officer. We are empty in the trailer. Currently the only thing burning is going to be the cab, obviously. Okay. For 10 to Hanover on 5. You know 14, go ahead. So we've got heavy fire in the cab area. We've got squad 301, engine 305, and engine 311 from Henrico on scene. We're going to be transitioning to a foam operation. I copy transitioning into phone, 1423[4]. 295 Southdown is shut down at this time. 295 shutdown at this time. 295 shutdown, 1423.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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1414: Time Out/Incident Number
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1416: Time Out/Incident Number
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1417: Time Out/Incident Number
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1423: Time Out/Incident Number
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TAC 5: Tactical Channel 5 (used for fire operations)
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I-295, Virginia
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