A semitractor-trailer filled with syrup caught fire on northbound Interstate 15 in the Virgin River Gorge Thursday afternoon. Traffic was impacted throughout the evening. The Beaver Dam-Littlefield Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at mile marker 18, near the exit to Cedar Pocket Road, shortly before 4 p.m. MDT. Responders found the semi almost fully engulfed, and the syrup was a total loss.
“It was almost all consumed,” Chief Ojeda said. “I don’t know why it consumed itself so quickly. I don’t know if it’s something that had to do with the syrup or whatever else she was carrying, but when we arrived on the scene, the tractor was long gone, and then almost three-quarters of the trailer was gone also.”
Brand new reefer up in smoke
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by TheLoadOut, Aug 25, 2023.
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Yes. And? Have you never seen heat and fire cause all sorts of catastrophic failures
I know I have.
I've also seen fire split a welded rim in half when the tire also went....
Just saying you might be looking at the effect of the fire, not the cause. Or you could be looking at the cause, hard to know.Flat Earth Trucker, mjd4277 and TheLoadOut Thank this. -
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