One worker was able to quickly extinguish a fire in the back of the truck, the video shows. Screen grab from video shared by Whitehall city officials. Ohio city officials are warning about the dangers ...

This is the harrowing moment an oxygen tank explodes inside a garbage truck as a bin collector makes a narrow escape. The ...

An oxygen tank illegally placed in a trashcan caused an explosion in a Whitehall garbage truck Wednesday, according to a Facebook post from the city. As a garbage worker was loading trash on the 4000 ...

Dumping the load early seems to be the standard practice. Something like training seems to have failed as noted. Then something else failed like how to deal with this type of fire. Many cheese holes ...

NORTH HAVEN — A lithium ion battery exploded in the back of a town garbage truck Friday morning, burning the operator and leaving them with a non-life threatening injury, according to the local fire ...