I first heard of an “incident” on M-66 coming into Ionia. There was a flurry of public safety messages flying through the air waves. Those who were closer to the site, would have seen a column of thick black smoke and heard the sirens.
A large tractor was pulling a load of lime. The operator noticed that there was a “mechanical malfunction” of some sort. He pulled of the highway into a [mostly] empty parking lot. As he got out of the cab, he saw the fire and got to safety. Unfortunately he was a bit too close to the diner. Here are images gleaned from the Web.
Let’s hope that someone had good insurance.
Hope that they all had insurance, but so glad that no one was injured.
Same here, Grace.
So frightening. I’m the driver got out safely.
It was very scary. This week, it’s the “hot” topic of conversation.
Thank goodness he got over and out of that truck. I’m sorry for the diner owner though. And yep, def. hoping he/she’s got good insurance.
The driver (male) got out [safely] from his John Deere tractor–it was one of those eight-wheel models. The diner owner (female) had supposedly just remodeled.
Oh my gosh, it was a tractor!!! For some reason my brain saw ‘truck.’ Aie yai yai!! Whoda’ thunk it!
A huge farm tractor with a spreader load of lime behind. He would have been headed to a field to spread it on the ground.
Whoa!
That was my reaction too.
Wow- glad the diner didn’t burn down.
If the tractor had been closer, it may have done exactly that.
WOW. That was burning HOT! Look how the siding is melted off the diner.
So glad everyone is safe.
It was an horrific scene. Thanks for safety, and for those who keep us safe.
I saw this on the news, crazy!
It really was!