VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters evacuated a one-mile area of Madison County after a propane tanker truck caught fire on Wednesday afternoon.
The blaze was called into dispatch at around noon at 2748 North 6000 West in Madison County, near Plano.
“A propane delivery truck was making its rounds and it turned down a narrow driveway. It clipped a stabilizing wire on a power pole. That created tension and caused the top of the power pole to sheer off and come down on the propane tank. Subsequently, the propane tank truck caught on fire,” said Madison Fire Deputy Chief Troyce Miskin.
It then vented propane. The truck said “Fall River Propane” on it.
Due to the risk of explosion, firefighters took a defensive position to combat the fire. They had asked everyone within a one-mile radius of the address to evacuate.