Truck Fire

A truck caught fire at the Fort McHenry Tunnel toll plaza on northbound Interstate 95 near Keith Avenue on Monday evening, causing traffic delays as emergency personnel worked to control the blaze, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The Ford F-150 came through the tunnel and its driver paid the toll about 5:15 p.m. before realizing the vehicle was on fire and pulling over to the right-hand shoulder, just north of the toll booths, said Sgt. Jonathan Green, a police spokesman.

A truck caught fire at the Fort McHenry Tunnel toll plaza on northbound Interstate 95 near Keith Avenue on Monday evening, causing traffic delays as emergency personnel worked to control the blaze, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The Ford F-150 came through the tunnel and its driver paid the toll about 5:15 p.m. before realizing the vehicle was on fire and pulling over to the right-hand shoulder, just north of the toll booths, said Sgt. Jonathan Green, a police spokesman.

FireSykesville: Sykesville responded for a truck fire on Sykesville Road at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Units were out for 15 minutes.

Among the 68 calls the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received for medical and fire-rescue service during the period May 27-June 3 were the following: 1583 Sulphur Spring Road, 2:45 p.m. June 1. Crews from the Arbutus and Violetville volunteer stations responded to the report of fire in a large, outdoor metal trash container at Chesapeake Bay Coatings in Arbutus and extinguished a small fire. Willys Avenue at Walnut Avenue, 6:22 a.m. June 1. Crews responded to the report of transformer fire in Arbutus and found a blown transformer.

FiresMount Airy: Firefighters repsponded at 5:41 p.m Thursday to a truck fire on Interstate 70. Units were out 14 minutes.

FIRE* Mount Airy: Mount Airy assisted Frederick County at a truck fire on Old National Pike at 7:38 p.m. Monday.

* Taneytown: A truck fire on East Baltimore Street was extinguished by town firefighters at about 12:12 p.m. Saturday.

A semi-trailer that caught on fire is blocking two northbound lanes on I-95 just before Exit 64 to the Baltimore Beltway, Maryland State Police said Friday night. Traffic is moving in two lanes and a shoulder is open, police said. Traffic was backed up for several miles at 10:30 p.m. A tow truck was on the scene, police said. Authorities are encouraging drivers before Exit 49 to use I-695 as an alternate route. Drivers beyond Exit 49 should use U.S. 40 at Exit 61, authorities said.

Anne Arundel County police were working to identify a man who was killed along with a dog in a pickup truck crash and fire early Friday in Harwood. Officers were called at 12:43 a.m. to the intersection of Solomons Island Road and Harwood Road, police said. Based on their initial investigation, the driver of the 1997 Ford F-150 was headed south on Solomons Island Road when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle drifted to the right just before the intersection with Harwood Road. The truck went across the median and through the southeast corner of the Southern High School parking lot, ending up in a small wooded area and catching fire, police said.

A tanker truck making a delivery to an Annapolis gas station started leaking fuel after hitting a fire hydrant Wednesday. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m., according to Capt. Kelly Martin, a spokeswoman for the Annapolis Fire Department. An Eastern Petroleum truck was making a delivery to the Exxon station at West Street and Lafayette Avenue when the truck clipped a fire hydrant. The collision damaged a line to the truck, causing fuel to leak. The truck was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline, but the leaking tank was holding only 2,500 gallons.

State police have reopened I-95 northbound in Harford County after a tanker truck fire early Saturday. No one was hurt in the incident, which began about 5 a.m. Saturday near Fallston. Police shut down several northbound lanes, bringing traffic to a halt for much of the morning. The last of the lanes reopened shortly before 3 p.m. - Matthew Hay Brown

Northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in White Marsh were shut down yesterday afternoon after a fuel-tank truck carrying waste oil erupted in flames and spilled about 1,000 gallons of used waste oil onto the side of the highway, Maryland State Police and environmental officials said. No one was injured, but traffic was backed up for about eight miles in each direction from about 2:15 p.m. to about 4:45 p.m., when all but one lane southbound was reopened, said Lt. Bud Frank, a state police spokesman.

Fire Mount Airy: Firefighters responded at 1: 02 p.m. Tuesday to a truck fire in the 1100 block of Leafy Hollow Court. Units were out 62 minutes.

PoliceWestminster: A light at Westminster City Park was reported damaged Monday. Damage was estimated at $900.FireReese: Firefighters responded at 9: 49 p.m. Monday to a truck fire in the 2400 block of Sandymount Road. Units were out 1 1/2 hours.