[UPDATE 4:37 p.m.: Road Open] Fully Engulfed Vehicle Fire at the Renner Station in Fernbridge
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
According to scanner traffic at 3:36 p.m. CalFire Fortuna and Ferndale Fire Departments were responding to a vehicle fire at Fernbridge in front of the Renner station. Medical support had also been requested.
According to the CHP Incident Page a fire that began in the engine compartment of a pickup truck proceeded to the point of the vehicle being “fully engulfed.”
CalFire described “a small amount of exposure” to the surrounding vegetation.
Fernbridge Drive is closed due to this fire.
UPDATE 4:33 p.m.: According to CHP, the pickup was a dodge. They state it is unknown if it was 4×4. Scanner traffic indicates the road is open to one-way controlled traffic.
UPDATE 4:37 p.m.: Pickup has been towed. The road has been re-opened according to the scanner.
UPDATE 6:05 p.m.: abc7News is reporting the woman driving the truck was unaware of danger until another motorist flagged her down and warned her to get out of the vehicle. The truck then “exploded in flames” she said.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
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🕯🌳Good job Fortuna and Ferndale CALFIRE dept firefighters. 👍🏽Since an ambulance came screaming into Fortuna I think there might have been a causality. 🕊
A fire extinguisher for your vehicle costs under $30. Not a bad investment. You could have saved this guy’s truck and I bet he would have bought you a new one😁
Never had one in the truck, before, but I will now. Great tip, thanks!
Dodges…. Smh
That’s before the coals turned white. Just wait to cook.
Is that red pickup with the damaged tailgate looking to catch on fire too in order to collect insurance money? Doesn’t appear to be a rescue truck.
No NOT A RESCUE TRUCK BUT A REGULAR GOOD SAMARITAN. Lucky for the driver he was there, very well may have saved her life. Kudo to him for stopping and helping her. I am glad it appears no one was hurt.
Then they should have moved back to a safer distance.
*DOAH* !!!
looks like fire gear in the back might be 1st one there
somebody didn’t get the recall service done. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.freep.com/amp/681464001
I was thinking its more likely that someone didn’t do the fuel filter/water seperator maintenance properly and it was leaking. Driver side is also the location of the fuel pumps. You can definitely tell by the fire in the pictures. That it was leaking fuel at that point from that side of the engine.
That is diesel only recall, that is a gasoline powerplant, half ton with dual exhaust, gasser , probably some aftermarket wiring or a rat under the hood .
Looking, Looking, can’t tell for sure but it may be a diesel V6, if its a 1/2 ton. Has some pulleys in the same places. hard to tell with all the plastic gone. Fuel filter for those is back by the spare tire. Those have a compressed carbon block. I wonder how that fared in the fire!
Bummer. Now she has to load/unload that fridge twice.
Should have dumped the water bottle on it.