Massive truck fire: Fairburn FD stops flames at post office warehouse

Massive fire put out at Fairburn Post Office warehouse

The Fairburn Fire Department released dramatic video of its firefighters putting out a fire that started in an 18-wheeler.

FAIRBURN, Ga. - A massive fire in Fairburn was extinguished after the Fairburn Fire Department responded.

What we know:

Officials said crews responded to the U.S. Post Office warehouse in Fairburn's warehouse district around noon on Saturday.

They arrived to find an 18-wheeler attached to the warehouse on fire, the department said.

Firefighters performed a "precise tactical attack" to put out the flames before they spread to the warehouse.  

Video posted on X by the department shows the cab engulfed in flames, as well as flames spreading into the front of the trailer before it was put out. 

What we don't know:

The cause of the fire has not been released.