Truck fire blazes on Morgan Street in LaGrange
Published 12:00 am Friday, January 22, 2016
A LaGrange police officer arrives on the scene of an 18-wheeler engulfed in flames on Morgan Street at Lafayette Parkway about 7:15 a.m. Friday. Firefighters arrived less than a minute later.
The truck’s driver, second from left, talks to firefighters at the scene Friday morning. He said the truck ‘just caught fire,’ but he escaped unharmed.
The destroyed cab of the truck shows the damage caused by the blaze after LaGrange firefighters extinguished it.
LaGRANGE — A truck was engulfed in flames this morning on Morgan Street at Lafayette Parkway, but the driver escaped unharmed.
The fire was called in to 911 at 7:12 a.m.
The driver of the truck said that it “just caught fire,” but declined to make a direct comment to the Daily News.
LaGrange firefighters extinguished the blaze, which destroyed the cab of the 18-wheeler, and were investigating the cause.
