{"id":96389,"date":"2020-09-28T12:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=96389"},"modified":"2020-09-28T16:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T23:09:15","slug":"tanker-tips-catches-fire-on-14-freeway-in-lancaster-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2020\/09\/28\/tanker-tips-catches-fire-on-14-freeway-in-lancaster-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Big rig catches fire on 14 Freeway in Lancaster area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_96404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96404\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96404\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-3.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-3-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-3-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Image via Bryan Hall]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; A big rig crashed and caught fire Monday on the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in the Lancaster area, igniting a small grass fire and prompting closure of the freeway as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported about 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, near Avenue J, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters quickly extinguished both fires and were assessing a possible leak of fuel from the truck.<\/p>\n<p>Northbound lanes were reopened about 12 p.m., but the southbound lanes remained closed as crews worked to clear the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editor&#8217;s note<\/span>: We will update this story as more information becomes available, however, the CHP has confirmed that the driver survived this collision.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96405\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96405\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-4.jpg 864w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-4-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tanker-tips-fire-Lancaster-4-768x400.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[BRYAN HALL]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A big rig crashed and caught fire Monday on the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in the Lancaster area, igniting a small grass fire and prompting closure of the freeway as a precaution. The crash was reported about 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, near Avenue J, according to the California Highway Patrol. Firefighters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":96404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}