Garbage truck fire shuts down right lane of Highway 17 Thursday

By Jeanette Bent

October 17, 2024 10:41 PM

Published October 17, 2024 11:16 AM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Scotts Valley Fire confirmed Thursday that a truck that had caught fire on northbound Highway 17 near Sugarloaf Road posed threats to nearby vegetation before the fire department got on scene and put the fire out.

According to CHP, a garbage truck that caught fire shot flames out to nearby trees, but were quickly extinguished by the fire department

As a result of this fire, CHP had to close Lane 2 of Highway 17. CHP says the fire is now out but advises to avoid the area.

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Jeanette Bent

I’ve been an international professional writer and performer for over 25 years. With a background in journalism, creative writing, dance and aerial, I find the intersection between all of these skills lands itself somewhere under the term “storytelling.”

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