{"id":1418,"date":"2022-07-01T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2022-07-02T01:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:10:44","slug":"chp-reports-hwy-50-was-closed-from-big-rig-wreck-and-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/07\/01\/chp-reports-hwy-50-was-closed-from-big-rig-wreck-and-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP Reports Hwy 50 was Closed from Big-Rig Wreck and Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Cris Alarcon, <a href=\"mailto:News@InEDC.com\">News@InEDC.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) July 1, 2022 \u2014 Part of Highway 50 is closed in both directions just east of Kyburz due to a big rig that caught fire and flames that spread to nearby vegetation, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans tweeted at 3:50 p.m., that one eastbound lane is closed for emergency vehicles to stage. According to Caltrans, helicopters and a ground crew are working on the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened a little after 10:00 am. The CHP said crews are currently on the scene and ask the public to use an alternate route.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook post from CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado states that the fire extended to both sides of the highway and that fire crews would be \u201cmopping up hot spots for several hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pictures shared by the CHP show the big rig completely incinerated on the side of the highway.<\/p>\n<p>After 12:45, Caltrans tweeted that motorists are allowed to detour off onto Highway 49 in Placerville or Sly Park Road in Pollock Pines.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans said a crew is on its way to set up one-way traffic control on Highway 50, but there\u2019s no estimated time of arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The highways is expected to have travelers throughout the Fourth of July weekend, as it connects the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento to Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incident happened a little after 10:00 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}