{"id":6437,"date":"2025-01-07T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=6437"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T18:54:32","slug":"driver-unharmed-as-semi-catches-fire-in-riverview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/florida-truck-accidents\/driver-unharmed-as-semi-catches-fire-in-riverview\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver unharmed as semi catches fire in Riverview\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RIVERVIEW, FL \u2013 A semi-truck driver was spared from injuries when their vehicle, hauling eggs, caught on fire and overturned on I-75 South Saturday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/region-hillsborough\/traffic-alert-i-75-semi-truck-fire-in-riverview-caused-traffic-to-be-reduced-to-one-lane-southbound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC Action News<\/a> 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=121Y_cvZc064JyLf4W9rZquDt8whM9mw&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being involved in a truck accident is the last thing anyone wants to face. When the unexpected does occur, you\u2019ll want to have an award-winning truck accident law firm to lean on for legal support. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Florida truck accident lawyer<\/strong><\/a> is well-versed in the claims process and ready to help you recover funds for lost income, truck repairs, and even emotional distress. Start planning your next steps within minutes of your free consultation. Call our Florida office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a> or reach out <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a> to get started.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIVERVIEW, FL \u2013 A semi-truck driver was spared from injuries when their vehicle, hauling eggs, caught on fire and overturned on I-75 South Saturday.\u00a0 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florida-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6437"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6442,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6437\/revisions\/6442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}