National City: Amazing Video I-805 Semi-Truck Fire 01102017
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2017
- Address: 805 SB at Plaza Blvd, National City
Agencies: NCFD, SDFD, NCPD. CHP
Interviews: Driver Mr. Parra
Dispatch Time: 2:00pm
Driver stated a mattress flew off of the back of a truck, and he hit it. It got stuck under the Semi-truck, and he tried to moved to the shoulder but couldn't. He stopped, got out and the fire began. Fully engulfed, heavy smoke, several explosions, SIG ALERT for hours, traffic was backed up for over 10 miles at one point.
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Love how the cameras doesn’t move while the smoke and fire progressively gets closer to him
That's not true. Look here: 5:20. Scientific source: Institute H. Kloettenschreck (Berlin)
I've gotta applaud the videographer: Clear, steady filming, and the proper orientation too. THANK YOU!!!!
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R.C. Collins, this video man should be getting a ton of job offers. He's one of the very best! Amazing just how he was able to capture every detail. Camera very stable, zoom excellent, panning top notch, everything well captured. I applaud his skills!
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R.C. Collins that’s his job that’s why lol. He sells this to the news
Lol I'm also surprised no told him to get further back. He seems like he's a safe distance away,but I've seen it before where police or others don't favor people near the scene at all.
I love how every time I see a vehicle fire and people are still driving close to it like nothing is wrong.
Why police don't stop the traffic???
Dios los cuiden a todas los bomberos
IKR!
need to move the car so fire truck can get to the fire
That's because they are STUPID!
That ladies and gentleman is how you make a video, who ever made this video i say nice job. You did nice work.
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Driver:my truck is totally engulfed in flames!!
Dispatcher:you’ll still be able to get your load delivered on time right??
Wimpz ur funny dude but dats a damm true statement
@@august88837 lol yes that is true!
Dispatcher told him it's a hot load
You must work for the same company I do and have the same dispatcher
@@monfrig6959 LMAO! that's a dispatchers thinking for ya.
I’m no expert, firefighter, or first responder, but even I know two things: The highway should have been shut down. Secondly, any fire which has grease, oil, fuel, or chemicals needs something to ”smother“ it.
Steven, I also wonder how far away is the police car behind it? That’s one hell of a hot fire to do what it’s doing to the cab. Isn’t anyone worried the gas tank will blow just as they are passing it? Smh
Lol! Just after I finished this, the gas tank DID blow. I see the camera person moved pretty quickly. Dummy
@@chriscooper7642 hwy backed up for miles , water is all they have it does work and its a perfect world we take chances. You must be a democrat
Robert Biondo , you must be an idiot . You need to utilize some punctuation in order to make sense. And no, I’m not a Democrat. I’m a Republican.
From what I remember the foam tank or whatever didn't work so the only option they had was water
Chris Cooper actually they didn't need to close the highway down, they just needed to leave 1 or 2 lanes open, now if it was a Tanker Truck on fire, then that's when they have to close the highway down but its not a tanker truck
3:40 When he zoomed in, did anyone else expect to see the T-1000 walk towards you?
Truck driver was calm, cool, and collected. He did a great job.
I am a prof. firefighter for 20 years. Never seen a sloppier job than this. wow.. just wow..
I'm not a firefighter but I was wondering why they weren't using the foam to put it out. They almost caught their hoses in fire a few times and in the beginning, I was wondering if they were gonna put it out or stand there and watch it. Like damn, are they gonna handle it or just let it burn?
Yeah and they knew it was a fuel fire and used water on it, and even worse at one point one hose was used in a way that blew the fire into the firefighters on the other side. They are lucky nobody didn't get seriously burned! This should be a training video about how NOT to fight a fire!
I was trained n used foam n 2001, why didn't they have foam? Was hard to watch:(( hope my house doesn't catch fire..😆
Agreed.
@@rgarito besides that you always start to fight a fire from the ground up to give the air feeding fire lots of humidity.
Can't believe traffic continues to pass by that closely....😨😨😨
Urea, I said the same thing.
Betty they shit themselves when the tire blew when passing by
World has to keep turning, I guess. I'll keep my slow paced island life ( even though I moved to the country).
That's what I was thinking ..wow
People are stupid the ones driving on by.
I know that’s what I was thinking the full time
Can't believe it was 2017 , such an amazing video captured on camera. Time sure flies so quickly .
FD must have still been in the middle of their lunch. My estimate, maybe 8+ minutes to arrive after the assignment was dispatched? Great video Doug! I was hoping they'd get more foam on the ground for the fuel fed fire, but don't know if they had it available. Good work from those firefighters though, nice quick attack.
Nothing says brotherhood like blowing burning fuel onto your coworker.
Senior guy: "Hey Boot, you good on that side?"
Probie: "I know what I'm doing."
... sprays the burning diesel fuel towards the senior...
Senior: ... 😕
I seen that too lol.
Paybacks a bitch!
Is somebody in that truck
It’s not like he did that on purpose, so why would you say that?
"What was your first thought. when you got out of the track and saw the fire? Not much really. You know, I don't get impressed too easily." LOL.
I think he meant to say I don't get upset too easily he sure has a good attitude his Composer was spot on and his Company is lucky to have him very loyal👍
I'll give kudos to the shooter as well: nice footage. Steady. Nice ambient sound of tires exploding. Some stuff could be edited out if this on the 10PM News, but overall a decent story if someone was a commuter. And even got an interview of the driver. Handled like a true news photographer which I did at one time. Good job. Though I'm sure how a fire stated from running over a mattress. The idiot who lost it needs to have their ass kicked. Just my opinion.
so many negative comments about these fire fighters, because of the lack of foam in the fighting of this truck fire.
I finally had a chance to ask about the foam. As it turns out, a valve failed right when it was needed most.
So for all of the people trashing. this Dept and it's fire fighters. Shame on you. You weren't there, but so quick to judge these men.
I covered several departments almost daily. The National City fire fighters are highly trained, high motivated, and some of the best men I've ever met.
That is a shit excuse!
911 VIDEO NEWS The negative comments make my blood boil!
911 VIDEO NEWS with that response time I would guess that they are paid so you no foam
I meant y no foam
colton Luker statement still makes no sense...sorry
Where was the foam? They were spreading fuel, ashphalt, liquid rubber and plastic back and forth into their working area and on the lines??? Police never stopped traffic, traffic passing by within 20' of tires exploding, high pressure air tanks exploding, fuel tanks exploding, toxic fumes from burning fuel, rubber, aluminum, magnesium, vinyl, plastic, tar.....Would make a great training video on how NOT to attack a fuel fire !!!
Exactly!!! My Fire Cheif would have our ass if this shit happened
I said the same thing, WHERE'S the foam truck. Anywhere else would have used foam, too put it out. Especially if they aren't going to shut down the freeway. They are just putting more people in jeopardy. Smh.
right on....some simple sense PLEASE
Yea I was wondering about the foam as soon as I saw the water hoses. But I was like well they're the fire fighters I'm not. Then the second hose comes in and the dude is hitting the chemicals with high water pressure shooting flames directly at the other dude. Then I was like holy shit lol. Then I'm watching all the chemicals go down the water drains. 🤷♂️
so many experts here lmao
One of the scarier fire videos I've seen. Knowing the fire was hot enough to melt steel like butter...plus seemed like the firefighters were fighting a losing battle for a bit but I'm glad things were brought under control.
It's simply STUNNING to me to see how quickly eighteen-wheelers like this one can go up in flames! Same thing goes for car fires - once fire really gets a foothold on a vehicle, it becomes NOTORIOUSLY hard to extinguish - not even foam, never mind plain water, seems able to put out an inferno like this one. Here, the fire departments were left with little choice but to allow this tractor-trailer rig to burn itself out and focus instead on keeping the flames from spreading.
BTW, I loved the interview 911 VIDEO NEWS had with this rig's driver who, thank goodness, escaped unharmed. He did the best he could to get his rig safely off the highway. I really liked his cool manner and gracious good humor. Long may this fine man continue to drive his rigs safely, and may he NEVER AGAIN have to go through another episode like this one. Bravo to you, Ernesto Parra, for your quick and decisive action, as well as to you, 911, for videoing this event as well as you did!
The videographer did an excellent job in focusing on the fire and not the side distractions. Concentrate on the event now no matter how chaotic; you can always review the video later to see in greater detail what actually happened.
Cant believe traffic continues to drive by,,,wow,,,
Whhaaaaattttt!!!!! I didn't even realize you filmed this video!! It's one of my top videos to watch!! It's just crazy with the gasoline, and the stupid people who just drive by without a problem like that one white car that flew by.
Stay safe 🙏🏼
GOD BLESS 🙌🏼 🙏🏼
Stay Blessed 🙌🏼 😇 🙏🏼
OMG! The fire quickly engulfed the vehicle. But firefighters control it bravely. Salute to all firefighters team.
I hope they use this video for training purposes for all emergency personnel. Response time, traffic control, materials/ chemicals on hand for all fires, etc.
Love how the foam was used after the fire was out....
Most impressive thing here? The fact that 1 tire didn’t blow. Wow
Scary!!!! Glad he is okay!! Was worried! Kept saying “where is the driver?!” Whew! Scary!!
There’s explosions and flying parts coming off the drivers side and the cop allows cars to pass that close!?!? That cop should of blocked a extra lane.
I hope the guy who didn't tie mattress realized what he did.
If you look closely about at 1:51, you can see the pieces of foam etc... in the lanes of traffic, behind the truck. I can see an orange colored car driving over it, along with a white SUV that kicks up a piece at 2:07.
The man who dropped the matress is going to have to replace the truck.
This fire could've easily been prevented. The guy carrying the mattress should have known that there is a law about unsecured loads and tied it down better or use a trailer. And the driver of the truck should've slowed down and backed off if he knew it was an unsecured load.
Hell he ain't stopping until he gets to mexico.
They fought the fire and the fire won...
Flames: "I'll burn your fire-hose Mr. Firefighter!"
Firefighter: "I think you just need a quick drink sir!"
Pretty level-headed truck driver.
Well, if you didn’t know that diesel floats on water now you do.
Fire academy 101 you'd think...
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Absolutely!!!
Also, car accidents happen (slipping) are more likely to happen after a down pour of rain..... (exhaust dripping fuel, causing the 'rainbow effect' in puddles of water) xxx
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3:33 did any body see that smokenado on the right. 😲
Mr. A Gigitty gigitty oh shit crazy
I did!
thats some crazy shit wow
Mr. A Gigitty gigitty I saw that to
Crazy people don't call the fire truck
Thank god this driver is alive and well.
Excellent quality video, and top marks too volvo for there contribution to climet change, speeding it up with their new night heating system for drivers discomfort 👍🤠
I love that " I don't get impressed too easy"!!!!!!!!!!! Best thing I've heard.
My question is why was traffic not stopped?! Especially the traffic coming onto the freeway!
Somebody didn't want to call back up to get out of the cruiser he was at a hotspot
Where it is it’s not worth closing he was almost on the shoulder
@@brennancrumb835 it is ALWAYS worth shutting down. Period.
I’ll bet Jeremy Dewitt would have stopped the traffic.
Agree with you 💯
I remember being stuck for hours after work when this happened , I saw the aftermath. I’m glad I was able to watch your video
@Jon Smith um no
FOAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED BY FIRST ARRIVING CREW ON THIS FIRE. POOR CALL BY 1ST ARRIVING ENGINE CAPTAIN
Must be as a result of AFFF fire foam being classed a cancer causing product.
Does every engine have foam on board or is it certain ones that carry it? I'm just wondering if they just straight up didn't have it to use ya know? I mean they teach you that in like 1st grade to not use water on a oil fire!!! Idk..
@@firstnamelastnameisallowed7943 Depends on the department.
@@firstnamelastnameisallowed7943 depends on the department funding I’m pretty sure
Gotta be super careful standing in front of an engulfed vehicle. Some cars/trucks have hydraulic struts that are used to support opening the hood and when on fire the pressure inside of those struts can build up until they blow and become projectile like a ballistic knife and pierce just about anything in its way
Craigslist: ran great before small engine fire, just needs new cab and tires, engine will start with battery and fresh fuel.
Randy T Include Carfax report.
Randy T can we meet half way
Randy T ...hahaha . ..and has minor body damage...wash, wax & detail needed
LOL
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That fire was laughing saying Feed me more water I'm thirsty lol
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Where is a fireworks???
After the end of everything they show up see??
This is one layed back driver. Best wishes to him. Outstanding video..
Looks like the bucket of foam was not on the truck, tough to knock it down without foam. They did a good job of containing the fuel till it burns off. I was concerned about suspension and tire explosion when the guys were so close. Great job on the Officer to direct the attack.
"Oops, there´s burning fuel on the ground"
"No problem, just give me more water!""
im so tired of seeing that in these videos lol
That truck driver was the most chill dude. I'm glad that this won't ruin his lively hood since he was driving for a company rather than his own truck. Guess this is why insurance is so important.
Yeah man, I appreciate his company looked out for him
sad that this is so surprising
As far as I know, so that the fire doesn't spread or spread, it's best if it is flushed first that has not been exposed to the spread of fire, or flammable materials, not directly to the hotspots because when flushing the fire points, the fire will spread to other parts of the truck due to the water pressure is so great, so the fire is too fast to wipe out a truck and it only takes a very short time to save a truck so big, just a suggestion from me thank you, greetings from Indonesia😊
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For such a big fire right on a highway, it's crazy that traffic was allowed to continue right past the danger zone..so many things could have gone badly wrong there.
I’m sure it was closed as soon as possible. They can only get there so fast
This is the Southland. Drivers will do anything.
and let gas go in the drains, you didnt even think about that did you
Crazy traffic, like the jackass in the white car 1:37.
@@timmarquez713 I don't think so..cars were still passing throughout this incident. No attempt was made by the police to stop them
Great video!! Excellent photography and fantastic interview with a very professional driver.
Thank you very much!
A lot of places would have shut the highway down.
Paul Otis ...yep...my town, for sure.
My exact thoughts because those passing on the right we're lucky
Pine City Apiary true because explosions are every where block all of the highway
My city would have
The passing cars were lucky
The graphics are really up to date. They look so realistic!
If ol' Ernesto would've made it to the right shoulder of the road then they would've been dealing with a massive brush fire also.
Yes truck he speed to 300 to burning down to gas
Just insane how it engulfed the whole truck
Holy shit! Everyone else is like - I gotta get to Starbucks!
Why not their truck isn't on fire
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The people casually driving by this thing must be on their way to cash a $1,000,000.00 check!
Why else wld anyone just “drive by” a potentially explosive fire?
As I wrote that, the sucker exploded!
Geezuz!!
And then exploded 3 more times!
They shoulda STOPPED traffic!
WTF?
Phat Girl Gotta keep that traffic going. If people don’t go to work theres no money
You do great filming!
I'm glad no one was hurt. With as long as it took for responders to arrive.
Wow! That was hard to watch. Water and diesel.....Dur! Captain oblivious. No foam. Two idiots blowing fuel everywhere. Traffic FLOWING as if nothing going on. 5 apparatus doing nothing. Standing in a pool of fuel. Really guys?
Hahahahah.....first thing I thought of mate...firefighter on right pushes blazing water onto left side firefighters...hose burning...lol...
almost a shit-show...5 tenders...2 dude working....lol
Kinda what I was thinking...
I was going to add a comment, but . Couldn't even save the trailer .
Agree bro thay did a idiot wash .
You must not know difference between a truck company that has “no water” and a engine pumper which has water. There is no visible hydrants in the area, so water conservation is number 1, while a water tender that has durrrrrr water for the fire trucks comes and relays ! Idiot
Dispatch is like hey is your delivery gonna be on time because we got another lined up for ya.
Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲
i like how the two fire engines parked so neatly beside each other😀
The very first thing we learned in Navy Firefighter school , you NEVER spray water on a fuel fire!!!! You gotta use FOAM... Everytime you hit it with a stream, it just flairs, making for a worst situation........
Yeah, I think those guys know about that. You use what you have in the moment. Don’t be such an idiot.
No first lesson should be the pipe should not put on that side since the flow will be to that side.. it should be opposite side, then the water pipes could have been saved from the fire
@@AchayanIn yeah, but Much safer to be on the side of the truck where the traffic dont float
@@AchayanIn a water pipe could allways be fixed or replaced
@@glennka1 yes but for the time being you won’t have a pipe. Also why damage it unnecessarily?
In my state that big of a fire they would have shut the highway down for safety reasons. Dumb that people would drive around it that close.
You and your state and besides your grandma fuck it !!
I'm not American, I'm from Canada and I'm assuming they didn't shut this highway down becsuse the frigging state has 41+million people.. think of all the traffic that would have left..
Yes that close while it exploded more then a few times . Senseless
@@NickyD and that's why you are a mediocre pussy. Diesel fuel is barely flammable only thing that can explode is the tires. Stop believing what you see in the movies and start living in the real world. No risk equals no reward. If in California the most densely populated state they shut down the highway every time a inconsiderate truck driver failed to use his fire extinguisher to take care of a small issue. The state would have standing still traffic every other day state wide. Like 15% of all Americans live in that state.
@@chrisandrews2987 That is the tires popping queer, the vehicles don't explode like in the movies you watch
A handful of Darwin award nominees driving past the right side of the truck and running over the flammable liquid in the process.
I'm still a trainee, I'm curious as the the policies in place for CALFIRE and the use of foam to fight fires where (I'm assuming this was fuel) is an factor.
perfect filmed , like a pro!
Stefan S. Did the driver film this??
Praise God that the driver got out of the truck virtually unscathed, and that there were no serious injuries.
Arrived late for extinguishing, but astonishing traffic was not blocked despite many blasts, people were just going from near the burning truck.😭
This video also proves that given enough energy/intensity of the fire, it can resist and overpower water.
Smooth truck driver. He said all the right things.
Lesenciel le chauffeur et saint et sauf
This should be a training video of all the things not to do.
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Completely true
Multiple fire trucks 2 hose lines ?
@@davem2914 Yeah, what good is that second line at, say, 8:18 ?
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Early 90’s I saw an old Ford Ranger pull over across from a new fire station with smoke coming from the hood. The fire became much more intense once it reached the dashboard.
Early 2000’s I bought a 1983 F350 chassis cab truck that some vandal set the cab on fire. Nothing in the cab left but metal. It was quite a mess to cleanup. I was going to rebuild the truck with a cab from an F150 but changed my mind after I looked into the over complicated MnDOT inspection process.
No fear in the camera person. Just casually standing in a pool of water and diesel.
Umm. Not standing in it. It's a zoom lens.
Im a firefighter and never once have i let my hose catch fire or be in the path of flammable liquid flow paths
Well then, firefighter, you should know that this is a combustible liquid and not a flammable liquid. And you should know the difference and why it is important.
EngineerDude
*Maybe he's the brother of the guy who sells the hoses...*
*This is united states, remember?*
I wanted to know.... Why did the water cut off so many times?
Actually they left the hose to contain the liquid from going down the drain and causing fire to travel down the storms drains, they had no other option at that point.
Why wasn't foam used? In fuel fires its standard practise in the UK.
I also note that there wasn't a coordinated effort to push the fire back to source using the pressure of water alone. Seems to me that this video could be used as a training aid in the future.
Firemen attend fires; firefighters fight fires!
I live in San Diego and trust me they aren't shutting down the 805 for something like this lol
SloBK
@@SanDaygo1619 internet banging ? Haha get a life yo
Till a firefighter gets killed because of some jackass that wants to fly by them
Good
UK they close the freeway and the the other side too. Car fire today on Motorway all stop even when put out took ages to reopen.
I say bravo to the truck driver. Cool, calm and collective. I'm glad he is okay. I'm thinking the fire department didn't have flame retardent foam to fight deisel fueled fire on this event. I'm sure
the fire chief should know better. For explosion safety to motorists, the highway should have blocked. Besides all this, good job for keeping the fire under control.
I was thinking the same, very strange that foam wasnt used, but well... the job was done
I am a professional pyromaniac and whoever lit this did a good job..
All I got to say is wow y’all need more training
I find it insane that although traffic sees a semi on fire, they continue to drive by. That’s INSANE!!! One blow and your toasted!
It happens all the time Keep moving, stay away as far as you can, and don't stop and gawk. I've passed a few car fires in my time.
I saw cars get spray by the hose how close they are
@@KECOG хорошо, колеса один за другим стреляют!!!
@@KECOG надо было бы ещё из лафета долбануть!!!
That is an alarming amount of explosions, at first I thought it was a crazy coincidence that as I scrubbed the video it seemed within a minute of stopping to watch I'd hear an explosion. Crazy to see how response times are and how long a disaster can manifest before any responders can be present. It's a good thing to be mindful about, like you might think calling an emergency response might quell a situation but you have to account that it's probably gonna be an hour before anything substantial is accomplished.
not really an alarming amount, the truck itself has 10 tires, so that's at least 10 explosions.
Disaster?
Wow 5 mins into the video and I still don't see no fire departments and they aren't closing the highway down... like wtf?! Is it that safe to drive that close to a fully engulfed vehicle fire?
I am totally amazed that the freeway has not been shut down.
Crazy how everyone just keep passing by
What else they can do.
I know, clueless huh?
(Rhetorically) What would you have them do !! 🤔
@@paulturnet4572
not drive by because it could explode on them, like wait until it's clear by the fire fighters before driving by it
@Summer Bertram • Point taken,... be well 👌.
Its crazy to see how hard it was to put it down
Great coverage👍🏻
Thanks for watching
I can’t imagine the heat those firefighter are feeling being so close in taking down that fire!
And the heat from their cheifs!
I was hoping you'd be there. Excellent video.
thank you sir, pure luck to be there
I love the fire engine with the water squirting out it's front end @15:47. It looks like a kid's toy or The Little Engine That Could fighting the fire all on it's own.
What did the fd spray on it diesel fuel?
I'm surprised they kept the highway open
Big mistake that they made is not shutting down the traffic SMH
If that truck would of really exploded you be hearing all the lawsuits files from families of the drivers that kept on passing by when they should of been shut it down
Maybe I'm wrong, but if traffic was halted too early wouldn't that create a standstill traffic situation preventing emergency equipment from reaching the fire if it relied on using the highway to get to it?
@@rayford21 usually they have emergency lanes for that reason so the emergency services can use them to bypass the traffic
Dispatcher be like "You gonna make delivery on time???"
No injuries. Truck is insured. Driver was careful to cover himself but if the bit about the mattress is true so be it. Cost of doing business.
Amazing camera footage! You're the best!
Fire department was slooow getting there and looked very inexperienced. Like 8 fire trucks and only 2 guys spraying water. 🤷🏼♂️
They got there in 5 minutes lmao, leave it to some guy who most likely knows nothing about fighting fires to tell firefighters that they are doing their jobs wrong. You know nothing other than what you could SEE in this short video.
More training needed
Your a freaking joke dude ! Why would the be in a hurry to spray water when the main Concern is to keep the fuel out of the storm drain plus the semi is a total loss
Probably their objrctives was to control the fire from spreading by not wasting water. From what I can guess they have only that water which they brought with themselves
knight fox these people now a days it just takes a couple of seconds to evaluate the situation and make a plan of attack 🤨 I’m glad you see it 2 👍
Those drivers passing the fire showed complete disregard for the safety of the firemen or their own.
What did the cop do still letting traffic through ( fuel tank ) ?
Wow. Fire is just an incredibly beautiful element. You just can't look away from it, it is simply too fascinating. 😮
A lot of errors being made in this footage. Good example on what not to do in situations like this
Maybe this WAS a training video.
people still can't unaware when the fire burns everything, then it calms by itself.
Thank god your safe your right people don't care about the load they carry if they find the guy who lost the mattress make him pay for the damage and a new articulated lorry