Dive summary:
- Justin Hill, a garbage truck driver in Macon, Ga., had a really bad day at work yesterday when he had to run for his life from his exploding garbage truck.
- Hill says he had stopped the vehicle to pick up trash in a cul-de-sac then put the truck in reverse then all the sudden flames were shooting into the cab.
- The fire spread to the lawn of one resident who even had piles of pine straw, which burned up along with other pieces of her lawn, despite the strength and spread of the explosion, no one was hurt.
From the article:
Justin Hill said he had stopped to pick up trash in the cul-de-sac at 4685 Pinedale Drive when he put the truck in reverse and heard the explosion shortly before 11a.m.
Flames shot into the cab and he fled along with the workers at the back of the truck, who ran down the street.
Marilyn White was inside her home when she heard the truck arrive and looked outside in time to see it erupt in flames. ...
