Quick response avoids disaster in roadside vehicle fire

Judge Travis Ransom recognized the promptness of Alfred Point and the Douglassville volunteer firefighters and an individual who stopped to check-in. Ransom was awoken while his wife was driving when a piece of debris hit the windshield. Then, I noticed a Tahoe was on fire.

The story picks up from there, “I had dozed off while my wife was driving us home from dinner in Rockwall with family. I woke up when we hit a piece of debris in the road that had come off the vehicle in front of us. It was a silver Chevy Tahoe which was dripping with fluid on fire on the road.”

“It came to a stop, and the fluid pooled up under the burning vehicle. We pulled over, and I jumped out, but I had no fire extinguisher. I helped the other driver push his Tahoe off the road, hoping to get it away from the pool of fire. We raised the hood, and the brake fluid was boiling, and it was dripping fluid onto the exhaust and catching on fire.”

“I called 911, still half asleep, and spoke to dispatch. In a matter of minutes, the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. Alfred was asleep when he got the call for service at the VFD. I was impressed at his response time and his performance. He wasted no time ‘getting the wet stuff on the red stuff.’” The vehicle is a total loss, but thankfully, there were no injuries, and they got the fire out without it spreading to the tree line. Volunteer Fire Departments are crucial in rural counties. Thank you also to Jason Frost who stopped to make sure everyone was ok.

I didn’t get the name of the Tahoe driver, but he was super nice. Cass County Sheriff ’s Office arrived on the scene quickly, too. We live in a great community.”

Ransom gave a “Huge thank you to Alfred Point and the Douglassville Volunteer Fire Department for their exceptionally quick response tonight.”

Others chimed in on the post to thank God for his timing and their appreciation to Alfred and the Douglassville Fire Department.