Truck fire near Cabazon has traffic crawling on westbound Interstate 10
Traffic backed up for hours on westbound Interstate 10 on Thursday after a truck carrying 32,000 pounds of hazardous materials caught fire near Cabazon.
The fire, which consumed the commercial waste truck but had not resulted in any reported injuries, closed multiple lanes of the interstate near the Cabazon Main Street exit. The first call about the fire was received by dispatchers at 9:14 a.m.
California Highway Patrol Officer Jonathan Torres told The Desert Sun at around 1:10 p.m. that only one lane was now closed and was expected to reopen about 2 p.m.
Later in the day, traffic was moving normally.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Truck fire near Cabazon has traffic crawling on Interstate 10
