CRESTLINE, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A pickup truck towing a trailer caught fire Thursday and closed Highway 138 in Crestline.

California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Fire Department, and San Bernardino National Forest firefighters were getting calls of a truck pulling a 30 foot trailer on fire on Hwy 138 about a mile away from Old Mill Road. The truck fire was reported about 1:37am on Thursday August 25, 2022, with flames coming from the engine compartment.

California Highway Patrol and firefighters were on the scene to work on getting the vehicle fire put out. They had to temporary shut down the highway. The vehicle was reported to be a white Dodge Ram pulling a 30ft flat trailer hauling about 15k pound of cargo. Everybody did escape the vehicle before it they save the truck. It was reported a family holding a baby were standing near the vehicle. The fire was quickly extinguish. No injuries were reported at the scene.

The cause of the vehicle fire is unknown at this time.

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