Rachel Sadon
(Photo courtesy of D.C. Fire and EMS)
Update 11/17: Investigators with D.C. Fire and EMS believe that the fire was caused by improper fueling of the on-site generator. “There was no fault with the equipment of the truck. It was up on all current inspections,” according to D.C. Fire spokesman Doug Buchanan
Original:
A food truck caught fire on George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus this afternoon, injuring three people.
The House of Falafel truck caught fire on H Street NW between 21st and 22nd streets. D.C. Fire and EMS said that three employees were transported to the hospital with varying levels of burn injuries.
People reported seeing the plumes of smoke across the river in Virginia. And a video posted by the D.C. fire department showed the extent of the damage, with the interior of the truck completely scorched.
Food Truck fire on campus of GWU on H between 21st & 22nd. Transported 3 workers to the hospital with burn injuries. Investigation underway pic.twitter.com/Jbs0CiEmfB
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) November 16, 2016
Looks like a food truck caught fire here at #GWU. On H St. NW between 21st and 22nd pic.twitter.com/miZhvG7ym5
— Andrew Desiderio (@desiderioDC) November 16, 2016
A food truck on H Street has caught on fire. @dcfireems has just responded to the scene. pic.twitter.com/Vzf8oFWZHX
— The GW Hatchet (@gwhatchet) November 16, 2016
Currently a falafel food truck on fire on campus and I just really feel like this is somehow something that would happen @ WBHS pic.twitter.com/bMZEAsaEQg
— Al (@AllyBarbarooo) November 16, 2016
Food truck on fire with several patients burned at GWU pic.twitter.com/h2WLUoV7dG
— Todd Jasper (@toddjasper) November 16, 2016
This post has been updated.
