The driver of a tractor-trailer blames a brake fire for the blaze this morning that destroyed his truck and its cargo of 40,000 pounds of frozen chickens. The fire occurred at about 3:45 a.m. on Interstate 285 in Cobb County, Georgia north of Atlanta. The truck was traveling from Georgia to California. It’s driver, Micesh Kamal, tried putting out the blaze with his fire extinguisher. He was not injured. Traffic was tied up for about two hours, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
WATCH: UPDATE - Multiple lanes of I-285 reopen after tractor-trailer hauling chicken catches fire - https://t.co/7KqbjTAJfx #CobbCounty #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/ARveKOC8q0
— John Spink (@johnjspink) February 26, 2019
Tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of chicken catches fire on I-285 in Cobb County. Multiple lanes reopen, but cleanup efforts continue. https://t.co/qERpauz6jp pic.twitter.com/yEPWYKPTFx
— AJC (@ajc) February 26, 2019
“I think [it was a] brake fire.”
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) February 26, 2019
Hear from the driver of the food truck that CAUGHT ON FIRE, with 40,000 pounds of CHICKEN inside, next on https://t.co/iFvwniO4Y0. pic.twitter.com/awY1gPl7yx
All but one southbound lane of I-285 in Cobb County have reopened after a tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of chicken caught fire early Tuesday morning. https://t.co/rbBc3HM1W4
— Cobb County News (@CobbNewsNow) February 26, 2019
