{"id":429202,"date":"2026-08-10T23:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429202\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:00:39","slug":"semi-truck-catches-fire-on-nb-interstate-5-near-smokey-bear-road-snarling-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/429202\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-truck catches fire on NB Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road, snarling traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Expect delays if planning to travel to Kern County from Southern California after three lanes are closed due to a semi-truck catching on fire on northbound Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CHP\u2019s website, on Monday, August 10, 2026, at around 11:27 a.m., there was a report of a semi-truck on fire on northbound Interstate 5 near Smokey Bear Road. The driver was reported to be out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The website said the number two, three and four lanes are closed. The number one lane is open.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"PHOTO: AlertCalifornia\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3795e32b-113e-4a1a-8124-296fef231e8e-Screenshot20260810135142.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Heavy traffic can be seen in the area. Expect delays if traveling.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Expect delays if planning to travel to Kern County from Southern California after three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-429202","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\/429202","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=429202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}