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Fire closes Central Alabama Flying J location
The blaze is said to have caused heavy damage to the Pilot Flying J location in McCalla, Alabama. Media reports say firefighters from nearby Bessemer responded to the blaze at about 2 a.m. PFJ says no one was injured in the fire, and the location will remain closed while it is rebuilt.
May 30, 2019
Business
Hours regs suspended in three states due to wildfires
Wildfires in the pacific northwest have engulfed parts of California, Oregon and Washington and truck drivers have been given temporary exemption from HOS.
August 3, 2018
Business
Trucks and more damaged in fire at California truck stop
An investigation continues into a Monday afternoon fire that appears to have destroyed two tractor-trailers and three fuel pumps and damaged the metal awning at a truck stop in south-central California.
July 18, 2018
Truck Stops
Two truck stops destroyed in recent fires
The Irish Bayou Truck Stop and Casino went up in a blaze and just 3 days later a Flying J travel center burned to the ground. Both are still being investigated.,The Irish Bayou Truck Stop and Casino went up in a blaze and just 3 days later a Flying J travel center burned to the ground. Both are still being investigated.
June 5, 2018
Business
Dozens of trucks burn in separate incidents, arson suspected in two fires
Arsonists targeted tractor-trailers over the weekend in Maine and Oklahoma, burning a total of nine trucks between the separate incidents, according to local media reports. Also, as many as 30 trucks were destroyed in a separate warehouse fire in Miami on Monday.
April 4, 2017
Channel 19
Roundup: DPFs and fire, football and truck stops
A lawsuit filed by the Alliance for California Business pushes again against the California Air Resources Board’s emissions regs over the issue of DPF safety and fires. Plus: NFL rookie of the year Dak Prescott’s connection to trucking.
February 8, 2017
Channel 19
Heroes of the highway: Truckers just ‘awesome,’ says four-wheeler
A positive bit of news involving truckers Ken Lear, Jeff Norwood and a man and his dog came out of Mt. Laurel, N.J., last week.
December 22, 2015
Business
UPDATE: U.S. 95 reopens in Nevada northwest of Las Vegas after flood, fire
After a rough couple days of flood, fire and closures for U.S. 95 in Nevada between state road 60 and Tonopah, 95 reopened Monday evening.
October 20, 2015
Business
I-75 work continues in wake of Sunday Detroit tanker fire
The I-75 NB connector between the Fisher and Chrysler freeways expected to remain closed through Friday, May 29. And: Historic flooding in Okla., Texas continues to hamper travel. More updates here.
May 26, 2015
Channel 19
Photos: Brush-fire shutdown of SB I-85 in GA
Headed out of S.C. to Nashville through the area, a planned 9-hour-or-so run turned into one that, in a different life, would have come pretty well close to the end of the 14-hour window.
May 7, 2015
Business
Nathan’s ‘Heart Project’ a huge success
A heartwarming story about young Nathan Glasgow’s mission to resupply a burned-down school in Texas from his home in Penn., and the truckers that helped make it possible.
January 21, 2015
Channel 19
Strikes, stonings back in the South African trucking mix
A three-week work stoppage by a majority of South African drivers that resorted in trucker-to-trucker violence shows history can repeat itself just one year on.
October 15, 2012
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