Trash Truck Catches Fire, Dumps Garbage In Horsham

HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —A garbage truck that caught fire Tuesday morning had to dump its contents before fire crews could extinguish the blaze.

The Horsham Fire Company said that they were on the scene along with the police department around 9 a.m. Tuesday for a trash truck fire at Horsham and Norristown roads.

The truck was able to dump piles of garbage it had collected on an empty lot that sits on the corner of the busy intersection.

Fire officials said the fire did not impact motorists.

The cause was not determined, fire officials said.

In nearby Hatboro, officials discussed at Monday night's Borough Council meeting about warning residents about placing Lithium batteries in their trash after there was a "close call" for a garbage truck in Cheltenham, Borough Manager Diane Hegele said.

"If we lost a garbage truck, it would be catastrophic," Hegele said. "Garbage trucks are hard to come by."

The Hatboro Public Works Department collects garbage in the borough.

(Photo courtesy of the Horsham Fire Company.)