Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A dump truck being used to repave county roads tore down power lines and caught fire after crashing in Teterboro just before 12:30 this afternoon.

Photo Credit: *TOP/ABOVE: Chris Leon, Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc.*

Jerry DeMarco

09/22/2014 5:45 p.m.

No one was injured after the raised open-box bed of the private truck pouring asphalt snagged and yanked down the high-voltage wires and transformers, which exploded and set fire to the truck in front of 612 Huyler Street near the post office, South Hackensack Police Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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Some homes were evacuated and power was out to some businesses in downtown Little Ferry as the raging fire incinerated the truck’s cab and spewed wind-swept flames that could be seen for miles. A portion of westbound Route 46 was closed, as well.

A foam unit from Teterboro Airport was dispatched.

Among the responders: South Hackensack, Little Ferry, Hasbrouck Heights, Wood-Ridge, Lodi and Wallington firefighters; South Hackensack and Bergen County Police; a Port Authority crash truck; Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad; PSE&G.

PHOTOS TOP/ABOVE: Chris Leon, Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc.

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