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Tractor-trailer fire closes I-81 for hours near Pine Grove

RAVINE, Pa. (WHTM) — Flames decimated the cab and damaged the trailer of a tractor trailer Friday afternoon, closing Interstate 81 northbound for hours in Schuylkill County.

Fire crews were called to the area of milepost 104 on Interstate 81 northbound near Ravine around 3:30 p.m. for a reported tractor trailer fire.

Pine Grove Township Fire said units arrived to find the cab of the truck aflame with the blaze spreading to the trailer, which was hauling cereal.

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Firefighters from Pine Grove Township, Pine Grove Borough, Joliett, Donaldson, Tremont, and Northern Lebanon all responded to assist in the firefight, and a tanker fill site was established at the Amazon Distribution Center in Frailey Township, off the Tremont exit.

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The highway reopened around 9 p.m.

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No injuries were immediately reported.

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