Werner lost a truck in Vidor TX yesterday. Nobody was hurt....truck and trailer a total loss.
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Yesterday, when it happened, they were saying it was a tanker truck..but it wasn't.
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UPDATE: A truck fire has prompted law enforcement officers to close both lanes of I-10 West in Vidor and a TxDOT spokesman told KFDM News he expects at least one lane to remain closed throughout the night.
The fire, reported shortly before 4 p.m. Monday, destroyed a box truck on I-10 near Claiborne West Park in Vidor.
There are no injuries.
Marc Shepherd with the Texas Department of Transportation tells KFDM News all westbound traffic has been rerouted to the frontage road near Doty Road.
Shepherd says it will take several hours for a contract crew hired by TxDOT to remove the wreckage. The contract crew must wait for the wreckage to cool before removing it and cleaning up the highway.
Shepherd expects one westbound lane of I-10 to reopen later Monday night but one lane will remain closed to allow crews to repair damaged asphalt on the highway. He says it could be Tuesday morning or afternoon before the work is finished and all lanes are reopened.
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