Truck catches fire on Interstate 8 near Avenue 8E

Yuma Fire Department reported a vehicle fire on the westbound lanes of Interstate 8 near Avenue 8E Tuesday afternoon.

According to YFD, the fire has now extinguished. Authorities are warning drivers to take precaution and avoid the area. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept/status/988898502812946432″,”author_name”:”Yuma Fire Department”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Vehicle fire is out on I-8 west bound. Traffic is moving well with no back up. Use caution in the area as 1st responders still on scene.&#lt;/p&#gt;— Yuma Fire Department (@YumaFireDept) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/YumaFireDept/status/988898502812946432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;April 24, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

Fire crews are still at the scene.