A recycling truck carrying dead wood from the cemetery in the Taitung City Hall spontaneously ignited, and firefighters put out the fire.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] A cleaning team recycling vehicle from the Taitung City Office was carrying dead wood from the Third Cemetery. On the way to the garbage dump, the dead wood on the side of the truck burst into smoke and caught fire. People passing by noticed it and notified them to stop quickly to borrow Residential water pipes put out the fire, and then several fire engines arrived to control it in time.

The team members are fortunate to have discovered it early, otherwise the pile of burning wood sent into the field may cause another fire in the burial site.

It is currently the Qingming tomb-sweeping season. This morning, the third cemetery removed a dead sycamore tree and clipped it to a large recycling truck, ready to be transported to the garbage dump in Jiannongli, Taitung City, but passed by at nearly 11:00 When the fourth section of Zhonghua Road was approaching the Fengyuan Bridge, people noticed that the car was on fire and smoking.

The fire department dispatched multiple fire trucks to the scene, and the pile of dead wood on the truck body was only smoking when they arrived at the scene, and then they pulled the water line to completely wet it out.

The cleaning team said that the dead wood was brought from the cemetery, and they didn't know how the fire started. It may be that the dead wood was too dry, the sun was strong, and the car body was hot, which caused spontaneous combustion.

A recycling truck carrying dead wood from the cemetery in the Taitung City Hall spontaneously ignited, and firefighters put out the fire.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)

A recycling truck carrying dead wood from the cemetery in the Taitung City Hall spontaneously ignited, and firefighters put out the fire.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)