Monday, March 4, 2013 A group of Orange County firefighters were shocked when they came out to find their firetruck gone Sunday.


Firefighters said the runaway firetruck rolled down the ramp and coasted through traffic on Apopka-Vineland Road across from Fire Station 33.

Officials said there was an issue with the brakes.

They pulled into the bay, went into the station to get the equipment they needed and when they finished picking up that equipment they discovered the engine had rolled down the apron. The station does have a decent slop downward which helped the truck move along,” John Mulhall, of the Orange County Fire Department, said.

Two wreckers were called in to remove the truck, firefighters said.

No one was hurt and no other property or vehicles were affected.


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