Semi-truck driver injured after vehicle catches fire on Interstate 80
More information has emerged regarding a semi-truck that caught on fire Tuesday on Interstate 80.According to a news release from the city of Altoona, fire crews responded to a call shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday about a vehicle that was on fire in the eastbound lanes of I-80. Those eastbound lanes had to be closed for a brief period, the release states.Crews put out the vehicle’s fire and the fire that had spread to a grass median.The driver of the semi-truck was taken to a Des Moines hospital with minor injuries, according to the release.Officials have not released the cause of the fire.
More information has emerged regarding a semi-truck that caught on fire Tuesday on Interstate 80.
According to a news release from the city of Altoona, fire crews responded to a call shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday about a vehicle that was on fire in the eastbound lanes of I-80. Those eastbound lanes had to be closed for a brief period, the release states.
Crews put out the vehicle’s fire and the fire that had spread to a grass median.
The driver of the semi-truck was taken to a Des Moines hospital with minor injuries, according to the release.
Officials have not released the cause of the fire.
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