{"id":925938,"date":"2026-07-10T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925938\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:22:17","slug":"driver-burned-after-semi-truck-catches-fire-on-i-17-north-of-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925938\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver burned after semi-truck catches fire on I-17 north of Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\"><b>BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A driver was hurt Friday morning after the cab of his semi-truck caught fire north of the Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">The fire broke out in a truck that was heading northbound on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/C9bVh6YLN1WzokrW6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/C9bVh6YLN1WzokrW6\">Interstate 17 near Sunset Point<\/a>, north of Black Canyon City. It\u2019s unclear how the fire started, but the Arizona Department of Public Safety says the driver suffered minor burn injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"A semi-truck caught fire along northbound I-17 near Sunset Point.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/B74ZJUSEYBCNJKP75FWQLEW6Z4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>A semi-truck caught fire along northbound I-17 near Sunset Point.(ADOT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">The flames were extinguished within a few minutes of firefighters\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">As of 10 a.m., the northbound mainline lanes of I-17 are closed. ADOT says drivers should use the northbound flex lanes to avoid the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I-17 northbound near Sunset Point: A vehicle fire is blocking the mainline travel lanes. Motorists should use the northbound flex lanes to avoid the incident. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rfeo8wwmSO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Rfeo8wwmSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArizonaDOT\/status\/2075623740164190209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ (AZFamily) \u2014 A driver was hurt Friday morning after the cab of his semi-truck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":925939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[373551,5229,5643,1587,373554,50530,7182,373552,373550,373549,1589,7183,373553,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-925938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-adot-closure","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-az-traffic","tag-azdps","tag-azfamily","tag-i-17-closed-az","tag-i-17-flex-lanes","tag-i-17-truck-fire-az","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-news","tag-semi-truck-fire","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116896842855857732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}