WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOUR TRAILER CATCHES FIRE

OSP says it could have been alot worse over the weekend, as a 30-foot long hay flatbed trailer caught fire on I-5 south of Cottage Grove.  OSP says the fire probably started from a tossed cigarette…the driver noticed in his rear view, and pulled over.  But when the hitch was too hot to disconnect, troopers say he did the wrong thing–he climbed back in his truck and took off again.  That fanned the flames, and burning bundles of hay came flying off his trailer onto the freeway.  No one was injured, and troopers did get the man to pull over and stop again.

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