RIVERVIEW, FL – A semi-truck driver was spared from injuries when their vehicle, hauling eggs, caught on fire and overturned on I-75 South Saturday.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) told ABC Action News that the truck burst into flames (before 1 p.m. near the Big Bend Road exit 246) after its driver pulled over onto the shoulder due to a flat tire.
While fire crews cast out the fire within 30 minutes of the incident, crews shut down all the lanes for several hours for the standard scene clearance clean-up procedure. Officials finally reopened the area by 7 p.m. At this time, firefighters did not specify how the fire came about.
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