Load of Burning Trash Dumped on Street Near B-CC High School

A garbage truck driver dumped a load of the vehicle’s trash onto westbound East West Highway, in front of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School because the load was on fire.

The incident happened around 3 p.m. on Monday. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Pete Piringer tweeted that the fire was extinguished and there were no injuries.

Some lanes were blocked, but traffic was able to get by the load of trash on the right side, Piringer tweeted.

East West Hwy, Trash/Recyling Truck, small fire in CONTENTS, Driver dumped a load onto East West Highway, fire out, no injuries, pic.twitter.com/JGRGnVAlck

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) December 14, 2020

Update – East West Highway in front of BCC high school, trash truck, contents on fire, truck dumped load on street, debris fire being extinguished, some lanes blocked https://t.co/a49Z8QXhM3

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) December 14, 2020

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