A semi-truck fire on Interstate 75 in Marion County has caused significant traffic delays after all northbound lanes were briefly blocked on Tuesday afternoon.
​Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to the incident at 12:15 p.m. near mile marker 343, approximately two miles north of State Road 484.
According to the official press release, a semi-truck/tractor-trailer was traveling north when it began to smoke. The driver, identified as a 33-year-old man from Antioch, Tennessee, pulled over onto the east shoulder of the emergency lane…