semi truck fire

Level 1 Evacuation notices were issued for the Vantage area as the fire quickly spread with large flames and heavy smoke before Firefighters contained it.

At 10:55 a.m., witnesses reported seeing a large black plume of smoke coming from the 1500 block of S Wenatchee Ave.

The trailer caught fire after being disconnected from the truck.

State Route 17 was closed for several hours Sunday a few miles north of Dry Falls State Park due to a semi truck fire. According to the Douglas County Fire District 5 Facebook page, when crews arrived on scene a little before 9:00 p.m. both the tractor and the trailer were fully engulfed in flames ...