By Callum Ludwig
Quick action was taken on the morning of Wednesday 10 May to extinguish a fire that ignited in the back of a garbage truck.
Units from the Wandin and Seville Fire Brigades responded to the garbage truck fire off the Warburton Highway in Seville East at around 8.20am.
Wandin Fire Brigade Captain Darryn Goss said the rubbish in the vehicle had ignited.
“The driver offloaded the rubbish in a safe manner, and crews from Wandin and Seville continued to extinguish with the assistance of the rubbish company,” he said.
“The rubbish company had a machine to pull apart the rubbish so we could safely extinguish it.”
Crews had the incident under control at 8.38am, with excavators and tip trucks on the scene to assist.
The incident was deemed safe at 9.36am.
