Big rig fire: Closures cleared after 4 hours

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Big rig fire: Closures cleared after 4 hours

A semi-truck carrying coconut oil caught fire for unknown reasons on the northbound side of Interstate 5 south of Calgrove Boulevard, causing closures for four hours on Tuesday night, according to a spokesman with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office.   CHP officers were dispatched to a call at approximately 9:03 p.m. where the “semi-truck was reported to be transporting coconut oil,” wrote Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, a spokesman f…