Modern truck

A right mess. Somebody was suggesting on the radio the other day they were stockpiling products there because the prices has dropped right down.

Mernda (Melbourne, Vic.) station construction. (170801Tu Metro Twitter).

Roderick.

It seems that the tank held, and the acid was contained.

Roderick.

August 4 2017 'Little boom explosions' heard as hydrochloric acid tanker erupts in flames on Pacific Motorway .
"Several explosions" were heard from hundreds of metres away and an emergency situation declared after a gas tanker carrying hydrochloric acid burst into flames on the Pacific Motorway at Loganholme.
The motorway was closed near the Logan Hyperdome after a southbound Coogee Chemicals truck carrying 15,000 litres of hydrochloric acid burst into flames about 8.40am on Friday.
The tanker erupted in flames just before 9am. Photo: Brett Williams/Twitter .
The emergency area covered the northbound and southbound lanes and a one-kilometre radius of the crash site and was expected to remain in place for hours.
As the fire billowed "large volumes of black smoke", police urged nearby businesses to evacuate, people nearby to remain inside and those with breathing difficulties to have medication or breathing aids nearby.
A chemical tanker has caught fire on the M1 at Loganholme. Photo: Jodie Ann Riches
More than 30 firefighters on scene controlled the fire just before 10am and the northbound lanes at Loganholme reopened just after 11am.
An emergency services spokesman said the smoke was blowing south towards commercial and residential areas and was "likely to affect the air" for a large part of the day.
Several explosions could be heard about 600 metres away from the incident at Andy's Auto Rentals, manager Wayne Garner said.
The emergency area extends to a one kilometre radius of the crash site. Photo: Amy Mitchell-Whittington
"I was putting a customer out into a 12-seater bus and the next minute we heard little boom explosions in the distance and a lot of smoke," he said.
"We heard around seven explosions and the flames were quite high.
"I thought it was one of those small trucks that carries the gas bottles for barbecues, because it was repeated explosions."
The driver of the truck managed to get himself out of the cab before emergency services arrived and was unharmed, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said.
Coogee Chemicals confirmed the driver had been checked for smoke inhalation and had been released.
"The company is relieved that no one has been injured in the incident but is concerned about disruption or distress to local residents, businesses and passersby," a statement from Coogee Chemicals said.
The national company, whose head office is in Western Australia, manufactures and imports agricultural, mining and industrial chemicals for both the Australian and international markets.
Police said moving the burnt tanker was going to be a "logistical challenge" - emergency services and Coogee Chemicals officers were preparing to remove the hydrochloric acid from the damaged truck and transfer it to another tanker, estimated to take about an hour.
The damaged truck will then be removed from the site under police escort.
Scientific officers from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services were on scene.
< www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/gas-...20170803-gxp37t.html >

I've got my other fire-appliance photos here, so have the tracked one too.

170818Sa Mt Buller (Vic.): CFA tracked fire appliance. (Roderick Smith).

Roderick

170826Sa Melbourne Herald Sun - driverless trucks (UK).

Roderick.

171012Th Metro Twitter - Western Star semitrailer / road train.

Roderick.

171023M Melbourne 'Age' - fire appliances attending a fuel spill in Heidelberg (Melbourne, Vic.).

Roderick.

A real, live ACCO!

Jarrod.

Just the link.
October 26 2017 Fire brigade seeks $10m over botched Glen Iris station.
< www.theage.com.au/victoria/fire-brigade-...20171025-gz7yjw.html >

Roderick.

A lengthy thread on response times of MFB & CFA, not worth resposting (but possibly paywalled):
< www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/mfb-a...26928acebe9ccdea88dc >

171030M Melbourne Herald Sun:
- Ascot Vale (Melbourne, Vic.) firefighters
- CFA appliance.

Roderick