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Another Fire Started by Carpet Cleaning Truck
Pueblo Colorado - Pueblo fire officials tell us that a carpet cleaning truck parked about 5 feet from student apartment housing on Colorado State University -Pueblo campus suddenly caught fire and spread to the housing. It caused only minor damage to the housing but the truck is a total loss.
One of the employees of the carpet cleaning company was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No students were injured.
The Pueblo carpet cleaner, Saul Vasquez, suffered burns to his lower body after the carpet-cleaning truck he was working out of caught fire Tuesday near a student housing complex at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
Saul Vasquez was taken to Parkview Medical Center for treatment. The hospital did not have a record of Vasquez, a standard response because of federal privacy laws.
Vasquez was part of a crew from Vazz Carpet Cleaning hired to do work at the University Village at Walking Stick apartments on the western edge of the CSU-Pueblo campus.
Vasquez reportedly was putting fuel in a carpet-cleaning machine near the truck at about 10:40 a.m. when the fuel ignited and caught the truck on fire, according to Pueblo County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Beery.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Fire department spokesman Woody Percival said when he arrived on scene, the truck was fully engulfed and flames were shooting out of a propane cylinder vent.
"It was a pretty intense fire," Percival said.
Fire crews put out the fire before it spread to the apartment complex, which was a few feet from where the truck was parked.
"With all the chemicals that were in the truck, it could've been a lot worse," Percival said. "We had a slight breeze blowing to the west, which kept it away from the building. We were really lucky on this one."
There were reports that the truck exploded, but Percival said it likely was either the vehicle tires or possibly aerosol cans that exploded.
The apartment complex, which is privately managed student housing, sustained minimal damage.
The unit closest to the fire had some exterior fire damage and some smoke and water damage inside.
At least two units had broken windows and doors as fire and sheriff's personnel worked to evacuate and ventilate the affected units.
None of the tenants was injured.
University officials said there are about 30 students residing in the complex as classes have ended for the spring semester.
The apartment complex usually houses more than 150 students during the semester.
Pueblo Colorado - Pueblo fire officials tell us that a carpet cleaning truck parked about 5 feet from student apartment housing on Colorado State University -Pueblo campus suddenly caught fire and spread to the housing. It caused only minor damage to the housing but the truck is a total loss.
One of the employees of the carpet cleaning company was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No students were injured.
The Pueblo carpet cleaner, Saul Vasquez, suffered burns to his lower body after the carpet-cleaning truck he was working out of caught fire Tuesday near a student housing complex at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
Saul Vasquez was taken to Parkview Medical Center for treatment. The hospital did not have a record of Vasquez, a standard response because of federal privacy laws.
Vasquez was part of a crew from Vazz Carpet Cleaning hired to do work at the University Village at Walking Stick apartments on the western edge of the CSU-Pueblo campus.
Vasquez reportedly was putting fuel in a carpet-cleaning machine near the truck at about 10:40 a.m. when the fuel ignited and caught the truck on fire, according to Pueblo County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Beery.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Fire department spokesman Woody Percival said when he arrived on scene, the truck was fully engulfed and flames were shooting out of a propane cylinder vent.
"It was a pretty intense fire," Percival said.
Fire crews put out the fire before it spread to the apartment complex, which was a few feet from where the truck was parked.
"With all the chemicals that were in the truck, it could've been a lot worse," Percival said. "We had a slight breeze blowing to the west, which kept it away from the building. We were really lucky on this one."
There were reports that the truck exploded, but Percival said it likely was either the vehicle tires or possibly aerosol cans that exploded.
The apartment complex, which is privately managed student housing, sustained minimal damage.
The unit closest to the fire had some exterior fire damage and some smoke and water damage inside.
At least two units had broken windows and doors as fire and sheriff's personnel worked to evacuate and ventilate the affected units.
None of the tenants was injured.
University officials said there are about 30 students residing in the complex as classes have ended for the spring semester.
The apartment complex usually houses more than 150 students during the semester.
I tried to put a disclaimer in my post (steam Genie Knock Off) because I wasn't a hundred percent sure but I have seen several Steam Genie's with Spoke Pulleys so that with the propane I ASSumed it to be a Genie. My bad..
