Update 4:Vehicle Fire Blocks EB I84@157 West of Jerome

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897

For Immediate Release: 04/04/2020 5:42 P.M.
Please direct questions to the District Office

*** Update 4 ***

On April 4, 2020, at approximately 3:00 P.M., Idaho State Police investigated a commercial vehicle fire on eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 163, west of Jerome.

Allan Gumbinger, 53, of Las Vegas, NV, was driving eastbound on Interstate 84 in a 2016 Freightliner pulling one trailer. One of the tires on the trailer caught fire. The fire spread from the tire to the rest of the trailer that became fully engulfed.

Motorists were routed off of Interstate 84 at exit 157 for approximately 2 hours.

The right lane is still blocked eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 163.

Idaho State Police was assisted by Jerome Rural Fire Department, Jerome County Sheriff's Office, and the Gooding County Sheriff's Office.

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*** Update 3 ***

At eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 163 the right lane is blocked, the left lane is open. Traffic is not longer being diverted off of Interstate 84 at milepost 157.

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*** Update 2 ***

All eastbound lanes are open.

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The left eastbound lane is open.

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Idaho State Police is on scene of a vehicle fire eastbound Interstate 84 at milepost 163 in Jerome County. Motorists are being routed off the Interstate at exit 157 temporarily.

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