Time Incident Posted: 23:00
Incident Date: 07/02/2018
Incident Location: Incident Location: Coventry Road, Croft
Incident Number: 1830
Incident Type: Large vehicle fire
Initial Emergency Call Received: 22:03
Fire and Rescue Service Vehicles Attended: 1 appliance from Hinckley Station and 1 appliance from Southern station
Officer(s) in Charge of Incident: Watch Manager
Time Incident Closed: 23:15
Damage: Severe fire damage to tyre and wheels
Believed Cause: Accidental due to overheated brakes
Initial Information: Lorry trailer involved in fire.
Updated Incident Information: Fire contained to the braking system and axle rear of the trailer unit.
Trailer unit carrying 3000 litres of red diesel not affected by fire.
Police were requested to attend for traffic control.
Fire has now been extinguished and brakes have been cooled.
Arrangements are being made for the removal of the trailer.
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