{"id":11866,"date":"2018-04-13T19:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T23:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=11866"},"modified":"2018-04-13T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T23:38:36","slug":"hwy-17-was-closed-for-short-time-due-to-tractor-trailer-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/13\/hwy-17-was-closed-for-short-time-due-to-tractor-trailer-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 17 was closed for short time due to Tractor Trailer Fire this afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Apr 13, 2018 @ 19:03<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11868\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11868\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11868\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM-600x302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM-600x302.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.54.14-PM.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headed southbound.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11867\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11867\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM-600x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-2018-04-13-at-6.51.50-PM.jpg 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driving north.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highway 17 was fully closed for a short time due to a tractor trailer on fire. The tractor was driven away from the trailer which was completely demolished in the blaze. At 4:15 p.m. OPPCommunicationsNER tweeted &#8220;<span data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.0\">VEHICLE FIRE: <\/span><a tabindex=\"0\" data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.$0\">#Hwy17<\/a><span data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.2\"> approximately 15kms south of <\/span><a tabindex=\"0\" data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.$1\">#WhiteRiver<\/a><span data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.4\">: Vehicle partially blocking the roadway.&#8221; There was enough smoke that it looked as if if could have been a small forest fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".5.2.$lazyPlaceholder_twitter_984887774061965312.2.2.0.4\">By 5:30 OPP were conducting traffic alternating northbound and southbound past the wreckage. White River Fire Department firefighters were working on the fire and a backhoe was there to assist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wawa-news would like to thank the photographer who shared the photos below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11870\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11871\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11872\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-1-600x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fire-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 13, 2018 @ 19:03 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Highway 17 was fully closed for a short time due to a tractor trailer on fire. The tractor was driven away from the trailer which was completely demolished in the blaze. At 4:15 p.m. OPPCommunicationsNER tweeted &#8220;VEHICLE FIRE: #Hwy17 approximately 15kms south of #WhiteRiver: Vehicle &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 04:52:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11866"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11875,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11866\/revisions\/11875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}