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Crews battle tractor-trailer fire on I-80 in Mercer County

Firefighters were called out Thursday morning to put out flames that erupted on a tractor-trailer. The Mercer East End Fire Department was dispatched to the 18-mile marker of Interstate 80 where a wheel on the driver's side of a trailer hauling cardboard

Thursday, September 19th 2019, 6:05 AM EDT

Updated:

Thursday, September 19th 2019, 6:23 AM EDT

By Mike Gauntner

Firefighters were called out Thursday morning to put out flames that erupted on a tractor-trailer.

The Mercer East End Fire Department was dispatched to the 18-mile marker of Interstate 80 where a wheel on the driver's side of a trailer hauling cardboard caught fire in the westbound lanes shortly before 6 a.m.

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