The tanker was badly damaged in the blaze, but thankfully no one was hurt
Crews from Nuneaton Green Watch were on a Fire Safety initiative with St John’s Ambulance Service retirees when a call came in to standby. Green Watch was then directed to the incident to make sure the fire did not spread from the cab to the rest of the tanker.
Crews were able to bring the blaze under control and prevent a development that could have had devastating consequences. No one was injured. Green Watch shared photos of the damage on the Nuneaton Fire Station Facebook page.
Extensive smoke damage can be seen at the rear of the tanker. Much of the white paint on the back of the vehicle had blistered and turned into black smoke logging.
One of the pictures also shows crews using foam to put out a fire at the front of the tanker. “On approach to standby it became obvious that the incident was escalating and crews could see a fully developed fire and offered to intervene,” the post explained.
Extracted in full from: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/pictures-show-how-close-a46-28417289
