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WATCH: Fire Destroys Multiple Trailers At Yarmouth Transfer Station

Four trailers containing construction debris were ready for transport off Cape Cod. Then they caught fire early Thursday morning.

Four trailers caught fire at the Yarmouth Transfer Station early Thursday morning, the Yarmouth Fire Department said. The four trailers were destroyed in the fire.
Four trailers caught fire at the Yarmouth Transfer Station early Thursday morning, the Yarmouth Fire Department said. The four trailers were destroyed in the fire. (Yarmouth Fire Department)

YARMOUTH, MA — Video captured by the Yarmouth Fire Department shows an early morning fire ripping through four trailers full of construction debris on Thursday. The trailers were waiting for transport off Cape Cod at the Yarmouth Transfer Station, fire officials said.

Yarmouth fire officials received a call at 5:04 a.m. on Thursday morning reporting that four trailers were on fire at the transfer station. Officials from all three stations were called to the scene, confirming that the four trailers were indeed engulfed in a large fire. They were eventually determined a "total lost."

Video from the fire is included in the post below:

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Officials said crews "initially attacked the fire from all sides to bring it under control as mutual aid fire engines and ambulances covered the town."

News of the fire was released around 10 a.m., stating that, at the time of the report, officials had been hitting the fire with water for at least an hour and a half.

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"Childs Equipment arrived with a large excavator at 8:10Am and has started to pull trailers apart and spread debris out so it can be extinguished. Crews are expected to be on scene for a few more hours," officials said.

While at this fire, other Yarmouth Crews and mutual aid apparatus responded to five other calls, officials said.

Officials also noted that this fire came at a time when the town is under water restrictions.

Its important to note that at this time the town is under water restrictions, add to that the thousands of gallons of water needed to fight this fire its important for homeowners to adhere to the water restriction currently in place and available at the Town of Yarmouth Website. Today is a no water day.

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