{"id":202717,"date":"2026-03-03T20:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202717\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T20:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:42:16","slug":"expect-delays-after-semi-truck-fire-briefly-closes-northbound-i-5-traffic-lanes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202717\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect delays after semi-truck fire briefly closes northbound I-5 traffic lanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 UPDATE (11:55 A.M.): CHP said the number one lane reopened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Expect delays for those traveling north to Bakersfield on Interstate 5 after a semi-truck caught on fire and is causing traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol said on March 3, 2026, on northbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road.<\/p>\n<p>CHP\u2019s website said a semi-truck caught on fire on the northbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: Caltrans\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772570536_198_5d6624ec-038f-42ff-8978-c4293dd8c06a-Screenshot20260303113221.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All northbound traffic is at a stop as fire crews respond.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHOTO: Caltrans\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772570536_136_42c79e65-6b34-4df8-a51a-0495ab989952-Screenshot20260303113109.jpg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 UPDATE (11:55 A.M.): CHP said the number one lane reopened. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Expect delays for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-202717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}