At 05:14 the Graymont kiln crew noticed a Quarry Services truck was on fire. 911 call was made at 05:16. The MSHA hotline was called at 05:24. At 06:05 after the fire diminished a loader dumped limestone fines on the truck which extinguished most of it. The Fire Dept. responded at 06:10 and put out what fire remained. The fire resulted in a total loss of the shuttle truck.