It’s not a sight most are accustomed to seeing: a garbage truck barreling down the road with smoke and flames coming out the back. “I started screaming, Ohmygosh it’s on fire, what is happening and he goes, I’m calling the fire department now,” said Debbie Korce, Westlake resident, speaking of the driver.
She was in her driveway on Monroe Trail when she pulled out her phone and started snapping photos. The driver wasn’t hurt and fire officials say he did everything right per Rumpke company protocol: he dumped the contents of his truck in a safe area on the street.
When Westlake firefighters got to the scene, they worked to put the fire out.
19 News cameras were rolling as it took hours to clean up the mess and at least two dump trucks to haul the mess away.