Posted on 04/25/2014 4:01:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Fire put out in Waterville, Maine
A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught fire in a Walmart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville.
The city's fire chief says overheated brakes were the suspected cause of the blaze in the middle of the busy parking lot. The driver said he pulled over when he smelled smoke from the back of the truck.
The Portland Press Herald reports that nobody was injured in the fire.
The driver was on his way from the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island to New Jersey to deliver the fries to a nearby Burger King. Waterville is about 15 miles north of Maine's capital, Augusta.
The truck is operated by Midland Transport Limited, a Dieppe, New Brunswick-based company.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZ62XvJHVQ
Heinz just closed their tomato plant in Leamington, so they won't be singing this one around here much.
For those who didn't make the connection - think Harry Chapin songs.
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