Update 2 - Blocking Fire North of Pocatello

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5255 S. 5th Avenue, Suite 1
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
(208) 239-9800 FAX: (208) 239-9885

For Immediate Release: 8/4/2020 10:35 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

Second Update:

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at approximately 5:49 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a vehicle fire, southbound Interstate 15, at milepost 75, north of Pocatello.

Teresa Johnson, 46, of Shelley, was traveling southbound on Interstate 15 in a Dodge pickup truck pulling a horse trailer, loaded with two horses. The trailer caught fire and Johnson was able to pull to the right shoulder of the road and disconnect the trailer from the truck. A passerby stopped and helped unload the horses before the trailer became fully engulfed.

A propane tank inside the trailer caught fire, exploded, and started a brush fire on the west side of the interstate. Fire crews from Pocatello Fire Department, Fort Hall Fire Department, and the Bureau of Land Management arrived on scene and extinguished the trailer fire and brush fire.

No persons or horses were injured in the fire, however, an ambulance from Pocatello arrived on scene to care for a fire fighter who suffered from an apparent heat stroke.

Both southbound lanes were blocked for approximately 30 minutes; the left lane opened up and the right lane continued to be blocked for another 45 minutes.

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Update:

All lanes are back open. More information will be released as it becomes available.

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Idaho State Police is currently on scene of a vehicle fire southbound Interstate 15 at milepost 75, north of Pocatello. The right lane is currently blocked.


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