Traffic in Fairfax County this week was an absolute dumpster fire. No really, a pile of trash caught fire and blocked traffic for an hour on Thursday, June 16, police said.
Garbage in a trash truck caught fire Thursday morning along Simpson Road in Fredericksburg.
Photo Credit: Stafford County Sheriff's Office FacebookFirefighters put out a trash fire on Simpson Road Thursday morning, June 14.
Photo Credit: Stafford County Sheriff's Office FacebookTrash in a garbage truck caught fire along Simpson Road Thursday morning in Fredericksburg, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Fire crews put out the trash fire, but it took an hour to clean the charred garbage, meaning the road was closed near Warrenton Road for an hour, deputies said.
It's unclear what caused the fire. No one was injured — just inconvenienced.
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