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Trucks incinerated

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Two 18-wheelers sustained major damage from a fire Saturday just before 6 p.m. in the parking lot behind Taco Bell in Purcell.

The call to firefighters came in as one semi tractor on fire but when they arrived the fire had spread to a truck to the east.

In all, 10 fire units and 17 firefighters were called to the scene.

The first semi on fire was out of Dallas, TX belonging to Skyward Trans Lic. It was fully involved when firefighters arrived.

The second damaged rig belonged to McCorkle Trucking and had a Wisconsin license tag.

Fire crews were on the scene for nearly three hours.

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