Watch: Blowout! Trucker escapes unscathed when fire causes tire to explode at roadside

Dec 17, 2018

Updated Jan 5, 2019

NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida

A trooper’s dash camera catches a wild roadside explosion as a trucker fights a fire under his trailer. Watch it here.

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