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Semi driver makes it out safely after truck catches fire on I-96

By 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Jan 25, 2023 | 10:01 PM

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A semi-truck driver was uninjured after his truck caught fire on the highway Wednesday afternoon.

Michigan State Police troopers responded tot he incident around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday on westbound I-96 near 36th Street.

The driver was able to make it out of the truck safely before it became engulfed in flames. 

The right lane of I-96 was shutdown while crews cleaned up, but left lane traffic remained open.

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