Truck burns at Washington truck stop

Truckers News Staff (TN)

May 22, 2017

A truck was destroyed and its trailer damaged by a fire at the Gearjammer Truck Stop Friday, May 19 in Union Gap, Washington. The Yakima Fire Department did not list a cause but said the driver and a passenger escaped uninjured. The Yakima Herald reports the cost of the loss topped $125,000.

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