CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A commercial street sweeper caught fire on northbound Interstate 15, near Oak Hill Road exit.
California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Fire Department firefighters were getting calls of a white street sweeper on fire. The vehicle was located about a mile before the Oak Hill Road off ramp in the right shoulder. The vehicle fire happened on Wednesday about 5:25pm March 15, 2022. California Highway Patrol and firefighters were on the scene and had to temporarily shut down the slow lane and the #4 lane while they worked on getting the vehicle fire put out.
Traffic backup quickly and firefighters had the fire out in about a half of a hour. The driver did escape the vehicle before it became fully engulfed. No injuries were reported at the scene. The cause of the vehicle fire is unknown at this time but flame were come from the back area of the sweeper.
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