Decommissioned FDNY Tower Catches Fire on Massachusetts Turnpike
Traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike was snarled Thursday morning when a decommissioned FDNY tower ladder caught fire.
There were no reports of injuries in the 5 a.m. apparatus fire on the highway near Millbury, WCVB reported.
Reports indicate the rig, formerly owned by the FDNY, was headed to a scrapyard in Everett when it caught fire.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.



