Truck fire shuts down SB Sawgrass Expressway near Commercial Blvd. in Sunrise

SUNRISE, FLA. (WSVN) – A tractor-trailer carrying recyclables caught fire along the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise, shutting down all southbound lanes.

7Skyforce hovered above crews with the Coral Spings-Parkland and Sunrise Fire departments as they fought the flames in the trailer of the 18-wheeler off the side of the road by the southbound lanes near Commercial Boulevard, just after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

The truck’s alert driver noticed there was smoke billowing from the back of his trailer and pulled over to the side…

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