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Truck Fire Incidents * USA - ATA seeks information on
Arlington,VA,USA -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -18 Oct 2007: -- American Trucking Associations (ATA) seeks help from Technology and Maintenance Council members, trucking operators and fleet managers to participate in a survey to better understand the apparent increase in truck fires... During the last few meetings of ATA’s Technology and Engineering Policy Committee and its Technical Advisory Group, members have expressed concern that the incidence of truck fires is growing... Some attribute this phenomenon to the increased emissions requirements that are raising operating temperatures and others speculate that a contributing cause is the increased use of accessories especially those with sleeper cabs, such as TVs, computers, microwave ovens, heating and cooling devices, APUs and battery packs... (Photo by Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times - October 14, 2007 - PILEUP: The charred remains of commercial vehicles rest south of the I-5 tunnel under the transition roads for the I-5 and Highway 14 in Santa Clarita on Sunday morning. Twenty-eight commercial vehicles and one passenger car were involved in a chain reaction crash and fire Friday night in the I-5 southbound tunnel, used primarily by truckers. Three people died, including an infant)Labels: trucks fire incidents
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