LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The National Park Service and Beatty firefighters responded to a semi-truck fire in Death Valley on Sunday.
According to park officials, this is the eighth vehicle fire in the park this year.
The fire began when the brakes of a semi-truck overheated while descending nearly 5,000 vertical feet from Towne Pass on State Route 190, where commercial trucks are not permitted. The driver was also cited for driving with a suspended license.
Mike Reynolds, Superintendent of Death Valley National Park, shared, “We want to remind drivers of heavy vehicles to down-shift on steep grades and consider pulling over to allow their brakes to cool down.”
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