Louisiana worker taken to hospital after bucket truck catches fire

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One person was rushed to the hospital after reportedly falling from a bucket truck that caught fire on Tuesday, March 3.

Emergency officials said the person who fell from the truck was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

The incident happened on Evangeline Street near North Foster Drive.

According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, a mechanical failure caused the fire in the bucket.

The Baton Rouge Police Department responded to the scene.

Categories: Accident Bad Day

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0 +1 Hestkuk 1 month ago

IRL horror comedy

1 +1 Zatoichi 2 months ago

They shoulda put something under like a vehicle, truck bed or a bracing, cushioned landing pad of some kind before

Me personally id have gone up the crane from the ground with an extinguisher strapped on, fight the fire from the main lift beam, you can't leave a guy up there like that

0 +1 Bellybutton 2 months ago

JFC…..just lower the boom!

0 +1 faceofdeath 2 months ago

@Bellybutton not with the hydraulic lines on fire. unfortunately

0 +1 Gangsterballen 2 months ago

Poor bastard. It looks like his getting electrocuted.

0 +1 Zatoichi 2 months ago

@Gangsterballen He's not, he's getting burnt from both above and below just not directly, lots of heat though

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4 +1 Browser12 2 months ago

shut that fucking dog up

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0 +1 Epicfrog 1 month ago

@Browser12 don`t be rude on are on its planet you shut up and leave

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4 +1 tommix1 2 months ago

That was two separate incidents, the first guy fell to the ground. Too much boiling hydraulic fluid to hang around.

1 +1 Freakazoidalmaniac 2 months ago

Did they kick the bucket?

1 +1 TheYncAteMyBalls 2 months ago

Hot or burning hydraulic fluid (oil) dripping onto him? :devil:

0 +1 Zatoichi 2 months ago

@TheYncAteMyBalls Yeah maybe but you'd think he'd catch on fire, maybe it was just hot, that the hoses burn rendering it immobile
but a search says some is made to be fire resistant while others are quite flammable when exposed to open flame