Crime & Safety

Truck Fire Slows Traffic on McKnight Road in Ross Township

No one was hurt when the pickup truck caught fire Tuesday morning.

Fire destroyed a pickup truck on northbound McKnight Road, just beyond the on ramp from Babcock Boulevard in Ross Township  Tuesday morning. 

The truck caught fire around 11:15 a.m. There were no reports of any injuries. Firefighters extinguished it within minutes. Northbound McKnight Road was shut down for approximately 20 minutes while the truck was removed.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, although firefighters at the scene said it appeared the fire started in the passenger compartment, and not the engine.

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