Northbound lanes closed for 15 minutes as firefighters battled tractor fire with foam during extreme heat
Additional details have been released following Tuesday afternoon’s semi-truck fire that temporarily shut down the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension in Franconia Township.
The fire was reported shortly after 4:35 p.m. at mile marker 33.8 on the northbound Northeast Extension. According to fire officials, the driver of a sleeper cab tractor reported a possible brake or tire fire before flames engulfed the vehicle. The cab was hauling a trailer belonging to XTRA Lease…