Semi Straw Truck Fire Near Raft River

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE

District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000

Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 11/02/2020 10:26 p.m.

Please direct questions to the District Office

On Monday, November 2, 2020, at 4:54 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a vehicle fire westbound on I86 at mile marker 11, near Raft River.

Clifton K. Robinson, 45, of West Valley, UT, was driving westbound on I86 in a 2003 Peterbilt semi-truck hauling two trailers loaded with straw. The load on the trailer caught fire and burning straw set off a wildfire on the north roadside of I86.

The right lane of travel was blocked for approximately four hours.

3451 / 3984

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho