PHOTO: Garbage truck catches fire

Bobby Block
April 19, 2021
2:08 pm

Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel respond to a garbage truck whose contents was smoldering on Avenue Mentry in Valencia on Monday, April 19, 2021. Bobby Block/The Signal.

Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel respond to a garbage truck whose contents was smoldering on Avenue Mentry in Valencia on Monday, April 19, 2021. Bobby Block/The Signal.

Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel respond to a garbage truck whose contents was smoldering on Avenue Mentry in Valencia on Monday, April 19, 2021. Bobby Block/The Signal.

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