Highway 50 Closed for Hours After Tire Explodes, Tractor Trailer Catches Fire in Chaffee County

Highway 50 closed for hours after tire explodes, tractor trailer catches fire in Chaffee County

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Highway 50 was shut down for about three hours Monday evening as crews worked to extinguish a dramatic tractor-trailer fire near Monarch Pass. The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) said that at around 8:30 p.m. on June 16, it received a call reporting an 18-wheel tractor trailer on fire near mile marker 209 on Highway 50, just west of Maysville. When emergency crews arrived, they found the truck fully engulf…

CCSO: Semi catches fire after driver hears explosion

(CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo.) — An 18-wheeler tractor-trailer caught fire on Highway 50 near Maysville on Monarch Pass on Monday, June 16, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office (CCSO). When emergency crews arrived at the scene around 8:30 p.m., the semi was fully engulfed in flames. Courtesy: Chaffee County Sheriff's Office Courtesy: Chaffee County Sheriff's Office When CCSO deputies found the driver, identified as Charles Metoyer, age 45,…