Public Works Truck Goes Up In Flames In Yonkers: Driver Emerges Unharmed

Authorities are investigating to find out what caused a sudden fire to engulf a public works truck in Westchester.

A Yonkers Department of Public Works truck suddenly caught fire on Friday, July 28.
Photo Credit: *City of Yonkers*

07/28/2023 4:00 p.m.

The blaze happened on Friday morning, July 28 just before 8:30 a.m., when the driver of a Yonkers Department of Public Works truck traveling on Stew Leonard Drive noticed that smoke was coming out of the front of the vehicle, according to Yonkers Police Detective Sergeant Frank DiDomizio.

The driver then pulled over and got out of the truck to inspect the source of the smoke when the vehicle suddenly caught fire and became completely engulfed, DiDomizio said.

The cause of the blaze is now under investigation by the Yonkers Fire Department.

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