The driver and his son escaped injury Sunday after a fire started between the fuel tank and sleeper cab of their tractor trailer rig.
55 year old Jeffery Don Wells of Florida, the driver of the rig, and his son were reportedly enroute to Florida hauling five wrecked automobiles on their trailer when the fire started as they were at Highway 70 in Dowelltown.
Trooper Sean Tramel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Carroll quickly arrived on the scene and used fire extinguishers to help put out the blaze. Members of the Liberty, the Main Station, and Short Mountain Highway Stations of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department also responded.
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