Firefighters spray water on a frontloader that burned Friday in Lowndes County.

Firefighters with Lowndes County Fire Rescue responded to a report of a vehicle fire near a diesel fuel tank Friday afternoon at Sungro Horticulture, 1128 Old Clyattville Road, said Richard Guyton, county fire chief. The fire was put out within five minutes of Fire Rescue’s arrival, he said. The driver of the frontloader was injured and taken away for medical treatment before firefighters arrived, Guyton said.