A tractor trailer fire late Friday caused a brush fire along Interstate 81.According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Frackville on Friday, April 10th, 2020, around 9:30pm, Iyana Eccles, 31, of Newark, NJ was driving southbound on Interstate 81 n Freightliner Truck (without a trailer) when she noticed the truck was on fire near mile marker 117.3.
She pulled the truck over and was able to get out of the truck before the fire quickly spread engulfing the truck.
The intense flame also set a nearby embankment on fire.
Eccles was not injure during the incident and the truck and the embankment was quickly extinguished by the rapid response of the Altamont Fire Company, Englewood Fire Company, and the Goodwill Fire Company.
The truck was towed from the scene by Trail Towing.
The right lane of Interstate 81 south was closed for approximately 1 1/2 hours while the scene was cleared.