Crime & Safety
Garbage Truck Becomes Fire Truck
A garbage truck driver emptied his load onto a parking lot in Forks after he noticed the garbage was on fire.
A Raritan Valley Disposal driver spilled his truck's garbage load onto a parking lot in after he discovered it was on fire, the Express-Times reports.
The incident happened this morning along Sullivan Trail and Old Mill Roads. A resident alerted the truck driver that smoke was coming from the garbage.
According to a Raritan Valley spokesman, it is standard procedure to dump the load if there's a fire in the garbage. It was dumped in the lot near .
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