{"id":439895,"date":"2026-08-21T23:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439895\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:44:24","slug":"all-northbound-i-5-reopens-after-semi-truck-catches-fire-near-grapevine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/439895\/","title":{"rendered":"All northbound I-5 reopens after semi-truck catches fire near Grapevine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 UPDATE (11:55 A.M.): According to the Caltrans camera, all northbound lanes has reopened.<\/p>\n

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Traffic continues to snarl on northbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road after a semi-truck caught on fire at around 1 a.m. Friday morning.<\/p>\n

According to the CHP\u2019s website, on Friday, August 21, 2026, at around 12:52 a.m., there was a report of a semi-truck on fire on northbound Interstate 5, south of the Grapevine.<\/p>\n

The website said all lanes were stopped at 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

The number one lane was then reopened.<\/p>\n

As of 9 a.m., two of the three lanes remain closed.<\/p>\n

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Traffic continues to snarl on northbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road after a semi-truck caught on fire at around 1 a.m. Friday morning. PHOTO: Caltrans<\/p>\n

Traffic can be seen going as far back as Frazier Mountain Road.<\/p>\n

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Traffic continues to snarl on northbound Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road after a semi-truck caught on fire at around 1 a.m. Friday morning. PHOTO: Caltrans<\/p>\n

CHP Fort Tejon said no one was hurt.<\/p>\n

Expect delays if planning to travel in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 UPDATE (11:55 A.M.): According to the Caltrans camera, all northbound lanes has reopened. ————–…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-439895","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\/439895","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=439895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}