Luray Fire Department reports the response to 5 incidents in one day.
On December 29 Luray Fire Department personnel responded to a vehicle fire on 211 West at approximately 10:55 a.m.
The fire was found to be caused by a mechanical malfunction resulting in some burnt insulation in the vehicle’s fire wall.
The fire near Dan’s Steak House was quickly extinguished and hotspots controlled and put out in a matter of minutes.
Then crews were called to a two-vehicle crash also on 211 West near Taco Bell just past noon.
Clean up of that accident temporally routed traffic through the West End Shopping Center for a short time.
While cleaning up that crash crews were called to another crash on West Main Street at approximately 12:20.
That accident in the 600 block of West Main Street involved a tractor trailer colliding with a telephone pole.
The pole had been broken off at the ground with multiple lines on top of both the tractor trailer and a vehicle.
Crews were on that scene for approximately an hour before turning the scene over to Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative crew members.
Shortly after returning to headquarters from that incident an outside fire was reported near Stanley at approximately 1:40 p.m.
Crews arrived and assisted Stanley firefighters extinguish a brush fire and remained on that scene for approximately an hour.
Then at approximately 2:15 Luray firefighters were requested to assist Warren County Fire and Emergency Medical crews.
Luray crews were asked to provide tanker and water services to help extinguish an outdoor fire near Bentonville.
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