(Update, 11:15-a.m.) The Atlantic Fire Department was dispatched at around 6:51-a.m. today (Friday), to a truck fire on eastbound Interstate 80, near mile marker 56. The Department’s Bob Reynolds told KJAN a semi-tractor was towing a pickup truck, when a front tire on the truck caught fire, apparently due to friction with the road. Reynolds said the fire had pretty much extinguished itself by the time they arrived, but crews remained on the scene to cool the tire down.

The pickup sustained moderate damage to the front end, around the wheel well and engine compartment area.  No injuries were reported. Fire crews were on the scene until about 7:20-a.m.