News Release from: Oregon State Police
TRUCK FIRE - HIGHWAY 34 EAST OF INTERSTATE 5 (PHOTOS)
Posted: May 14th, 2013 3:56 PM
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A commercial truck transporting logs received major fire damage Tuesday morning after a fire reportedly started inside the truck as it traveled along Highway 34 east of Interstate 5 in Linn County.
According to Trooper Phil Van Leuven, on May 14, 2013 at approximately 10:09 a.m., a 1993 Kenworth truck driven by RANDY L. NUNN, age 44, from Sweet Home, was westbound on Highway 34 near milepost 14 enroute with a load of logs to Roseburg. NUNN reported a fire started near the dashboard area inside the truck. He pulled into the center median and stopped to avoid any potential of the fire spreading to nearby grass.
Tangent Fire Department and ODOT responded to the scene. Firefighters extinguished the fire while the road was closed for over 30 minutes. The fire was restricted to the truck and didn't spread to the loaded logs.
Traffic was restored to one lane in both directions for about two more hours until the truck and trailer were removed.
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