Fire truck flips in Orange Co.

MENTIONED, THIS IS THE TIME

WHEN SURFACE ROADS ARE STARTING

TO FREEZE OVER.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE THE

FALSE IMPRESSION THAT IS JUST

ROADS THAT ARE COVERING, GOING

OVER A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

IT IS -- THE SURFACE ROADS ARE

ALSO AN ISSUE AND WE ARE SEEING

THAT IN ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL.

>> LAILA SANTIAGO IS THERE

LIVE, ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS AS

WELL.

CLOSED TODAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY SOME ISSUES THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING, LAILA?

>> Reporter: WELL, THIS IS WHAT

I SEE, AND IT PAINTS QUITE A

PICTURE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

AN ORANGE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

TRUCK ON ITS SIDE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU FOLLOW

THE TIRE TRUCKS, JUST SORT OF

FLIPPED OVER, TO THE SIDE OF

THE ROAD.

I DID CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,

THEY TELL ME THAT EVERYONE IS

OKAY, NO INJURIES.

THESE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON

THEIR WAY TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE.

THEY WERE RESPONDING TO ANOTHER

CALL THAT WAS DISPATCHED IN

WHEN THEY WERE COMING DOWN

SOUTH ROAD AND SLID OFF THE

SIDE OF THE ROAD.

NOW I MYSELF WILL GO ON, JUST

TO SHOW YOU, AND I MEAN THIS IS

LIKE A SHEET OF ICE.

I CAN KIND OF SKATE AROUND IF I

WANT TO.

VERY, VERY SLICK.

VERY, VERY SLIPPERY.

NOT JUST FOR THE FIRE

DEPARTMENT AND THE EQUIPMENT

THAT THEY TRAVEL THESE ROADS,

WITH BUT FOR ANY DRIVER OUT

HERE.

SO YES, WE CERTAINLY HAVE

TALKED ABOUT THE MAJOR

HIGHWAYS, AND HOW THE BRIDGES

THERE CAN BE SLIPPERY.

BUT THIS IS JUST A SURFACE,

REGULAR ROAD, THAT RIGHT NOW IS

LIKE A SHEET OF ICE.

AND IMPACTING EVEN FIRST

RESPONDERS AND EMERGENCY CREWS

THAT ARE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS

SAFE DURING THIS WINTER

WEATHER.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> AND THAT PICTURE CERTAINLY

DRIVES HOME THE POINT THAT IT

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF

VEHICLE ARE YOU IN, IF IT IS A

LARGE VEHICLE, OR A SMALL ONE,

YOU CAN END UP IN A BAD

SITUATION IF YOU ARE NOT

CAUTIOUS.

THANK YOU, LAILA.

>> AND IT IS GOOD TO SEE NO ONE