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Serious Truck Accident Closes Interstate 176
By Battalion Chief Jason Brooks
April 5, 2012
At 11:55 AM the Twin Valley Fire Department, Ambulance 89 (Elverson EMS), and Medic 93 (Brandywine Medics) were dispatched to southbound Rt 176, just north of Shiloh Road for a tractor trailer accident involving fire. Deputy 69 (C. Hostetler) responded and was advised by Chester County fireboard that Caernarvon Police were onscene with a dump truck overturned, and another tractor trailer that was fully engulfed in fire with extension to the woods. Deputy 69 arrived and confirmed the report, and added Ambulance 33 (Honey Brook EMS) to the scene to assist with patient care. Engine 69-2 arrived minutes behind the Deputy with a crew of 5 and began extinguishing of the truck and woods fire. Engine 69-5 arrived, establishing a water supply to Engine 2, while Rescue 69 and Brush 69-1's crews assisted with fire suppression, overhaul, and containment of a large diesel fuel spill. Units remained onscene for an extended period while clean up crews began removing a large amount of stone that had spilled over the roadway, and Department of Environmental Protection personal surveyed the fuel spill.
