{"id":1477094,"date":"2026-02-02T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1477094"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:05:05","slug":"18-wheeler-fire-closes-westbound-lane-of-i-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1477094","title":{"rendered":"I-20 clear after truck fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE \u2014 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1477095\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668-216x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668-216x200.webp 216w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668-377x350.webp 377w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668.webp 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/> <strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> All lanes are now open after authorities cleared the scene<\/p>\n<p>Westbound I-20 near mile marker 587, just east of State Highway 42, is completely closed until further notice due to an 18-wheeler that caught fire monday. According to our news partner KETK and the Kilgore Fire Department, significant delays on Interstate 20 westbound are expected while the department responds. Texas Department of Transportation cameras show that traffic on the westbound lane is backed up past State Highway 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE \u2014 UPDATE: All lanes are now open after authorities cleared the scene Westbound I-20 near mile marker 587, just east of State Highway 42, is completely closed until further notice due to an 18-wheeler that caught fire monday. According to our news partner KETK and the Kilgore Fire Department, significant delays on Interstate 20 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1477094\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I-20 clear after truck fire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1477179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668-216x200.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 22:01:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/fire-truck-e1770071944668-216x200.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1477094"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477337,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477094\/revisions\/1477337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1477094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1477094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1477094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}