Minor Injuries Reported in I-75 Truck Fire

Motorists traveling along Interstate 75 in the area of State Road 56 Sunday morning likely ran into some delays as a semi-truck caught on fire.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident happened around 3:16 a.m. as a semi driven by Luis Allende, 44, of Pharr, Texas, was attempting to exit the northbound Interstate 75 ramp onto State Road 56.

An unknown problem caused a fire to start under the trailed that was being towed by the semi, troopers say. Allende stopped and disconnected the trailer.

Firefighting units from both Pasco and Hillsborough counties responded to put out the blaze.

Allende suffered minor injuries.

Dash cam photo courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol