TOP PHOTO:  10 firefighters and three CCRFS units were called to a fire along Towe String Road Thursday afternoon.

Thick black smoke filled the sunny sky and was seen for miles around.

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Two hundred gallons of diesel fuel along with 200-gallons of tack coat made for an afternoon inferno Thursday on the one time Key Limestone rock quarry site now used as a Rogers Group asphalt plant.

It took 10 firefighters 10 minutes to extinguish the fire.

A truck used for carrying tack coat and then laying down the coat prior to paving caught fire just before 5 pm Thursday afternoon.  Daniel Lawson, Assistant Campbell County Rural Fire Chief, said, “Rogers Group personnel were in the process of cleaning the tank when it caught fire.”

In the end, this is all that was left.

Lawson added that 10 firefighters battled the blaze for about ten-minutes before it was totally extinguished.  Three CCRFS units were needed on the scene as the thick black smoke could be seen for miles under a clear blue sky. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED 03/05/2020-7:30PM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANIEL LAWSON)

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