A semi caught fire Friday afternoon between Almo and Elba while hauling rocks, but the blaze was quickly extinguished by firefighters. The driver, uninjured, was the only occupant.

"It was a pretty quick call," said Katie Santini, of the ACE Fire Department. "We were dispatched for a semi with a trailer hauling rocks from a quarry in Almo. "The back of the trailer was not salvageable, but the truck was saved."

Santini said she didn't know specifically what caused the fire but attributed it to "break problems."

"It sounds like the breaks were hot coming off the hill, and the next thing you know, there was a fire," she said.

The blaze took about 15 to 20 minutes to extinguish, and nobody was in any danger.

"It was a very remote area on Elba/Almo Road," Santini said. "The biggest problem was getting the truck out of the road for passing traffic."

Four firefighters responded to the scene. "ACE" is an acronym for "Almo Conner Elba."

"We're a pretty tiny department, all volunteer," Santini said.