Werner BBQ in Vidor TX

[Orangetxguy]

Werner lost a truck in Vidor TX yesterday. Nobody was hurt....truck and trailer a total loss.

Local News Photo

Yesterday, when it happened, they were saying it was a tanker truck..but it wasn't.

Tanker truck fire on I-10 | fire, truck, responded - Local News -





Scott Lawrence

UPDATE: A truck fire has prompted law enforcement officers to close both lanes of I-10 West in Vidor and a TxDOT spokesman told KFDM News he expects at least one lane to remain closed throughout the night.
The fire, reported shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, destroyed a box truck on I-10 near Claiborne West Park in Vidor.
There are no injuries.
Marc Shepherd with the Texas Department of Transportation tells KFDM News all westbound traffic has been rerouted to the frontage road near Doty Road.
Shepherd says it will take several hours for a contract crew hired by TxDOT to remove the wreckage. The contract crew must wait for the wreckage to cool before removing it and cleaning up the highway.
Shepherd expects one westbound lane of I-10 to reopen later Monday night but one lane will remain closed to allow crews to repair damaged asphalt on the highway. He says it could be Tuesday morning or afternoon before the work is finished and all lanes are reopened.

One lane of I-10 West reopens following truck fire | truck, lane, west - Local News -

[Jumbo]

Looks like they lost a Cascadia and another load of toilet paper, Fortunately the trainer was able to wake up and climb out of the bunk after the wreck.

[Jackrabbit379]

Toilet paper? Well...if he had an accident, (ya know...from being so scared) atleast he had some hockey tickets.

Dontcha know that toilet paper would just sit and smulter all day.

[LightsChromeHorsepower]

Is there something about Cascadia's? One burned to the ground on 99 near Stockton a few months ago.

[Mr. Ford95]

I'm ashamed of you Stan, you posting something like this that you know nothing about on the actual situation. We don't know the details of why the truck caught fire. Someone COULD have been hurt or killed here and your posting it with a joke interwined. Same with Jumbo, that was mean and hurtful to the feelings.

[outkast]

I'm ashamed of you Stan, you posting something like this that you know nothing about on the actual situation. We don't know the details of why the truck caught fire. Someone COULD have been hurt or killed here and your posting it with a joke interwined. Same with Jumbo, that was mean and hurtful to the feelings.

is that the best you could do? lol....fail

[outkast]

btw.. nobody said anything hateful and op said nobody was hurt

[Orangetxguy]

I'm ashamed of you Stan, you posting something like this that you know nothing about on the actual situation. We don't know the details of why the truck caught fire. Someone COULD have been hurt or killed here and your posting it with a joke interwined. Same with Jumbo, that was mean and hurtful to the feelings.

Me sorry! Really!! Me sorry!!

I had heard the afternoon of the accident, that the truck had hit a concrete barrier and exploded into flame. BUT...when you look through the pictures, the truck is stopped in a fairly straight line, the hood is clearly raised.....and it is really hard to tell exactly where the fire started.

If it started in the engine compartment...then it is amazing that the trailer went too!!

I was enroute to Beaumont, from the house, when a friend caught in the backup called me. She told me of the accident, I suggested one route that I might have used, to get past it, but she told me that she was just beyondthe intersection of that route and I-10....and stopped!! I ended up jumping off I-10 and taking TX62 up to TX12, then 12 west into Vidor.

I was able to get into Beaumont, take care of my business there, and return to Orange via alternate route, before Michelle (my stuck friend) was able to get rolling again....about 2 hours!

[LostSoul]

Tiolet paper, huh?

Headlines could have been...

Load of toilet paper wiped out! Or

jumbo rolls to a firey halt! Or

Sears catalog value shoots up due to backorder of TP!

[Mr. Ford95]

is that the best you could do? lol....fail

Hey, it got your goat and you responded so I'd say I didn't fail at all.

[ironeagle_2006]

Dang a smoky fire in TX and NO ONE thought to put a Brisket on it. LOL At least no injuries in the drivers.

[outkast]

Hey, it got your goat and you responded so I'd say I didn't fail at all.

no goat here (against city ordinance) I was just happy that you were thinking about me at 4:49am...

and yes.....fail

[Jumbo]

I heard that Werner was encouraging all their drivers to Bar-B-Q this summer but that fellow could have atleast waited till he got home.

[VPIDarkAngel]

Is there something about Cascadia's? One burned to the ground on 99 near Stockton a few months ago.

I think it IS something about Cascadia's. It makes me glad I don't have one (Truth be told, we had a truck on our account that burned to the ground last month, but that was a Century). Those who I know who've had 'em have already had several recalls on various things.

However, I'm glad he escaped that one, and I hope he gets a better truck after that.

[VPIDarkAngel]

I heard that Werner was encouraging all their drivers to Bar-B-Q this summer but that fellow could have atleast waited till he got home.

Hey, when I first read the subject (before reading the message), I thought it was referring to an actual cooked pig with all the trimmings... although our shop foreman at Gra-Gar DID fix us barbecue last year around this time.