I've gotta applaud the videographer: Clear, steady filming, and the proper orientation too. THANK YOU!!!!

I love how every time I see a vehicle fire and people are still driving close to it like nothing is wrong.

Love how the cameras doesn’t move while the smoke and fire progressively gets closer to him

That ladies and gentleman is how you make a video, who ever made this video i say nice job. You did nice work.

I am a prof. firefighter for 20 years. Never seen a sloppier job than this. wow.. just wow..

Can't believe traffic continues to pass by that closely....😨😨😨

Truck driver was calm, cool, and collected. He did a great job.

Can't believe it was 2017 , such an amazing video captured on camera. Time sure flies so quickly .

I’m no expert, firefighter, or first responder, but even I know two things: The highway should have been shut down. Secondly, any fire which has grease, oil, fuel, or chemicals needs something to ”smother“ it.

Driver:my truck is totally engulfed in flames!! Dispatcher:you’ll still be able to get your load delivered on time right??

3:40 When he zoomed in, did anyone else expect to see the T-1000 walk towards you?

Well, if you didn’t know that diesel floats on water now you do.

Where was the foam? They were spreading fuel, ashphalt, liquid rubber and plastic back and forth into their working area and on the lines??? Police never stopped traffic, traffic passing by within 20' of tires exploding, high pressure air tanks exploding, fuel tanks exploding, toxic fumes from burning fuel, rubber, aluminum, magnesium, vinyl, plastic, tar.....Would make a great training video on how NOT to attack a fuel fire !!!

For such a big fire right on a highway, it's crazy that traffic was allowed to continue right past the danger zone..so many things could have gone badly wrong there.

Most impressive thing here? The fact that 1 tire didn’t blow. Wow

Nothing says brotherhood like blowing burning fuel onto your coworker.

My question is why was traffic not stopped?! Especially the traffic coming onto the freeway!

FD must have still been in the middle of their lunch. My estimate, maybe 8+ minutes to arrive after the assignment was dispatched? Great video Doug! I was hoping they'd get more foam on the ground for the fuel fed fire, but don't know if they had it available. Good work from those firefighters though, nice quick attack.

Whhaaaaattttt!!!!! I didn't even realize you filmed this video!! It's one of my top videos to watch!! It's just crazy with the gasoline, and the stupid people who just drive by without a problem like that one white car that flew by. Stay safe 🙏🏼 GOD BLESS 🙌🏼 🙏🏼 Stay Blessed 🙌🏼 😇 🙏🏼

Cant believe traffic continues to drive by,,,wow,,,

The videographer did an excellent job in focusing on the fire and not the side distractions. Concentrate on the event now no matter how chaotic; you can always review the video later to see in greater detail what actually happened.

Pretty level-headed truck driver.

Thank god this driver is alive and well.

Love how the foam was used after the fire was out....

Craigslist: ran great before small engine fire, just needs new cab and tires, engine will start with battery and fresh fuel.

It's simply STUNNING to me to see how quickly eighteen-wheelers like this one can go up in flames! Same thing goes for car fires - once fire really gets a foothold on a vehicle, it becomes NOTORIOUSLY hard to extinguish - not even foam, never mind plain water, seems able to put out an inferno like this one. Here, the fire departments were left with little choice but to allow this tractor-trailer rig to burn itself out and focus instead on keeping the flames from spreading. BTW, I loved the interview 911 VIDEO NEWS had with this rig's driver who, thank goodness, escaped unharmed. He did the best he could to get his rig safely off the highway. I really liked his cool manner and gracious good humor. Long may this fine man continue to drive his rigs safely, and may he NEVER AGAIN have to go through another episode like this one. Bravo to you, Ernesto Parra, for your quick and decisive action, as well as to you, 911, for videoing this event as well as you did!

I love that " I don't get impressed too easy"!!!!!!!!!!! Best thing I've heard.

Scary!!!! Glad he is okay!! Was worried! Kept saying “where is the driver?!” Whew! Scary!!

3:33 did any body see that smokenado on the right. 😲

This should be a training video of all the things not to do.

Looks like the bucket of foam was not on the truck, tough to knock it down without foam. They did a good job of containing the fuel till it burns off. I was concerned about suspension and tire explosion when the guys were so close. Great job on the Officer to direct the attack.

I'll give kudos to the shooter as well: nice footage. Steady. Nice ambient sound of tires exploding. Some stuff could be edited out if this on the 10PM News, but overall a decent story if someone was a commuter. And even got an interview of the driver. Handled like a true news photographer which I did at one time. Good job. Though I'm sure how a fire stated from running over a mattress. The idiot who lost it needs to have their ass kicked. Just my opinion.

I hope they use this video for training purposes for all emergency personnel. Response time, traffic control, materials/ chemicals on hand for all fires, etc.

In my state that big of a fire they would have shut the highway down for safety reasons. Dumb that people would drive around it that close.

OMG! The fire quickly engulfed the vehicle. But firefighters control it bravely. Salute to all firefighters team.

FOAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY FIRST ARRIVING CREW ON THIS FIRE. POOR CALL BY 1ST ARRIVING ENGINE CAPTAIN

The very first thing we learned in Navy Firefighter school , you NEVER spray water on a fuel fire!!!! You gotta use FOAM... Everytime you hit it with a stream, it just flairs, making for a worst situation........

Smooth truck driver. He said all the right things.

One of the scarier fire videos I've seen. Knowing the fire was hot enough to melt steel like butter...plus seemed like the firefighters were fighting a losing battle for a bit but I'm glad things were brought under control.

This is one layed back driver. Best wishes to him. Outstanding video..

I remember being stuck for hours after work when this happened , I saw the aftermath. I’m glad I was able to watch your video

I hope the guy who didn't tie mattress realized what he did.

Excellent quality video, and top marks too volvo for there contribution to climet change, speeding it up with their new night heating system for drivers discomfort 👍🤠

Great video!! Excellent photography and fantastic interview with a very professional driver.

A lot of places would have shut the highway down.

perfect filmed , like a pro!

Just insane how it engulfed the whole truck

I'm glad no one was hurt. With as long as it took for responders to arrive.

There’s explosions and flying parts coming off the drivers side and the cop allows cars to pass that close!?!? That cop should of blocked a extra lane.

That truck driver was the most chill dude. I'm glad that this won't ruin his lively hood since he was driving for a company rather than his own truck. Guess this is why insurance is so important.

If ol' Ernesto would've made it to the right shoulder of the road then they would've been dealing with a massive brush fire also.

Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲

The graphics are really up to date. They look so realistic!

Crazy how everyone just keep passing by

Flames: "I'll burn your fire-hose Mr. Firefighter!" Firefighter: "I think you just need a quick drink sir!"

I'm still a trainee, I'm curious as the the policies in place for CALFIRE and the use of foam to fight fires where (I'm assuming this was fuel) is an factor.

Im a firefighter and never once have i let my hose catch fire or be in the path of flammable liquid flow paths

Wow! That was hard to watch. Water and diesel.....Dur! Captain oblivious. No foam. Two idiots blowing fuel everywhere. Traffic FLOWING as if nothing going on. 5 apparatus doing nothing. Standing in a pool of fuel. Really guys?

I am a professional pyromaniac and whoever lit this did a good job..

Arrived late for extinguishing, but astonishing traffic was not blocked despite many blasts, people were just going from near the burning truck.😭

so many negative comments about these fire fighters, because of the lack of foam in the fighting of this truck fire. I finally had a chance to ask about the foam. As it turns out, a valve failed right when it was needed most. So for all of the people trashing. this Dept and it's fire fighters. Shame on you. You weren't there, but so quick to judge these men. I covered several departments almost daily. The National City fire fighters are highly trained, high motivated, and some of the best men I've ever met.

That fire was laughing saying Feed me more water I'm thirsty lol

This video also proves that given enough energy/intensity of the fire, it can resist and overpower water.

i like how the two fire engines parked so neatly beside each other😀

The people casually driving by this thing must be on their way to cash a $1,000,000.00 check! Why else wld anyone just “drive by” a potentially explosive fire? As I wrote that, the sucker exploded! Geezuz!! And then exploded 3 more times! They shoulda STOPPED traffic! WTF?

I live in San Diego and trust me they aren't shutting down the 805 for something like this lol

Great coverage👍🏻

That is an alarming amount of explosions, at first I thought it was a crazy coincidence that as I scrubbed the video it seemed within a minute of stopping to watch I'd hear an explosion. Crazy to see how response times are and how long a disaster can manifest before any responders can be present. It's a good thing to be mindful about, like you might think calling an emergency response might quell a situation but you have to account that it's probably gonna be an hour before anything substantial is accomplished.

"What was your first thought. when you got out of the track and saw the fire? Not much really. You know, I don't get impressed too easily." LOL.

Fire Department little slow. Do You Think

You do great filming!

Gotta be super careful standing in front of an engulfed vehicle. Some cars/trucks have hydraulic struts that are used to support opening the hood and when on fire the pressure inside of those struts can build up until they blow and become projectile like a ballistic knife and pierce just about anything in its way

I am totally amazed that the freeway has not been shut down.

A lot of errors being made in this footage. Good example on what not to do in situations like this

I say bravo to the truck driver. Cool, calm and collective. I'm glad he is okay. I'm thinking the fire department didn't have flame retardent foam to fight deisel fueled fire on this event. I'm sure the fire chief should know better. For explosion safety to motorists, the highway should have blocked. Besides all this, good job for keeping the fire under control.

No fear in the camera person. Just casually standing in a pool of water and diesel.

The fact that traffic is going slow and still driving down a highway where pretty sure you see smoke shows how the society over there works

"Oops, there´s burning fuel on the ground" "No problem, just give me more water!""

Those drivers passing the fire showed complete disregard for the safety of the firemen or their own.

Early 90’s I saw an old Ford Ranger pull over across from a new fire station with smoke coming from the hood. The fire became much more intense once it reached the dashboard. Early 2000’s I bought a 1983 F350 chassis cab truck that some vandal set the cab on fire. Nothing in the cab left but metal. It was quite a mess to cleanup. I was going to rebuild the truck with a cab from an F150 but changed my mind after I looked into the over complicated MnDOT inspection process.

Big mistake that they made is not shutting down the traffic SMH

All I got to say is wow y’all need more training

Excellent Video.🙏🙏🙏

Wow what a quick service 😂😂 Incident took place on a main road and they came after 7 mins the damage has already done 👏🏻

Had they not been trained in dealing with liquid fuel fires? Not related to my question, but I'm surprised how long it took the tyres to blow 😯

Praise God that the driver got out of the truck virtually unscathed, and that there were no serious injuries.

Wow 5 mins into the video and I still don't see no fire departments and they aren't closing the highway down... like wtf?! Is it that safe to drive that close to a fully engulfed vehicle fire?

What did the fd spray on it diesel fuel?

I'm surprised they kept the highway open

I'm sure more than one of the people driving by at 3:56 had a new brown stain on the seat.

What did the cop do still letting traffic through ( fuel tank ) ?

Ooo dang good work fire department Godspeed driver

Fire department was slooow getting there and looked very inexperienced. Like 8 fire trucks and only 2 guys spraying water. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Amazing camera footage! You're the best!

Its crazy to see how hard it was to put it down

The most slowmo fire fighters ever

Holy shit! Everyone else is like - I gotta get to Starbucks!

Thank God the truck driver was safe and everyone else.

I remember seeing this on my way to work crazy!!

A handful of Darwin award nominees driving past the right side of the truck and running over the flammable liquid in the process.