Associated Press
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) – Furniture owned by three families was destroyed when a moving company’s semi-trailer truck burst into flames on Homestake Pass, east of Butte on Interstate 90.
Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Hall says the semi-truck was westbound on the interstate Wednesday and traveling uphill, when the driver of another vehicle noticed smoke on the right side of the trailer near the tires.
The driver of the semi-trailer pulled over and flames erupted. Trooper Hall says the fire completely engulfed the Atlas Van Lines trailer.
He says more than half the load was destroyed by fire, and the rest was lost to smoke damage.
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department responded and no one was injured.
Hall says the fire most likely was caused by mechanical failure.
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