Traffic & Transit
Watch As A Tire Explodes Off Dump Truck On I-78 In Somerset County: Video
The fire was reported at around 7 a.m. on Monday.
BEDMINSTER, NJ — A dump truck caught fire on Interstate 78 East causing commuter traffic delays in the Bedminster and Bridgewater area on Monday morning. (See a tire exploding off the truck below)
The fire was reported at 7 a.m. on the highway just west of Exit 29 for Interstate 287/US 202/US 206 in Bedminster, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation's 511NJ website.
Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department was among those to respond to find a fully involved dump truck.
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As a result of the fire, one right lane of two lanes was closed and there were delays up to 20-minutes being reported.
"Great work to the responding crews on a quick knock," wrote the fire department.
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The Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Department is 100 percent made up of volunteers. For mroe information on how to join or to donate visit fhbfd.org.
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