(Spirit Lake)– A street sweeper owned by the city of Spirit Lake went up in flames this (Tues.) morning.
Spirit Lake Fire Chief Pat Daly says firefighters were called around 7:30 am. He says the street sweeper was being operated on 23rd Street in the area of the Eye Care Center when it caught on fire…
“We got on the scene, it was totally engulfed, so we drug some lines out and knocked it down in a hurry.”
Daly says it appears the cause was a mechanical issue…
“We’re looking at a couple of things right around in the cab area. The driver said that he could smell something and he stopped the thing and jumped out just as the cab started on fire, so we’re looking at something maybe right underneath the cab right there.”
Daly says they were able to contain the fire to the street sweeper itself…
“There was a couple of explosions when the tires went. We had a couple calls from buildings close that thought maybe something happened on a roof or something, so we checked both of those out and it was nothing, so.”
Firefighters were on the scene about an hour. The street sweeper is a total loss.
