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One Interstate 5 northbound lane reopens after truck fire

Firefighters work to extinguish a fully engulfed semi-trailer carrying pineapples. ODOT photo
April 18, 2023

Northbound traffic had been detoured from Exit 11 to Exit 14

Ashland.news staff report

8:31 p.m. update, Tuesday, April 18: One northbound lane has reopened

Original story: A fully engulfed truck fire has forced closure of northbound lanes about 2 miles south of Ashland, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Northbound traffic is being rerouted via Exit 11 along Siskiyou Boulevard (Highway 99) up to Exit 14, the interchange on the south end of Ashland.

The fire is at milepost 12. The closure may be lengthy depending on the time it takes to extinguish the fire and cleanup debris, ODOT said.

For updates, go to tripcheck.com.

Email Ashland.news Executive Editor Bert Etling at [email protected] or call or text him at 541-631-1313.

A red circle with a red box inside it shows the approximate location of a semitruck fire south of Ashland. Screengrab from Tripcheck.com
An ODOT webcam image looking south from the chainup area on I-5 south of Ashland shows smoke rising from a semitruck on fire south of Ashland.
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Bert Etling is the executive editor of Ashland.news. Email him at [email protected].

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