{"id":458463,"date":"2026-09-09T18:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458463\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:16:12","slug":"semi-truck-fire-shuts-down-southbound-i-5-near-taft-highway-expect-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458463\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-truck fire shuts down southbound I-5 near Taft Highway, expect delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Expect delays on southbound Interstate 5 after a semi-truck caught on fire Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP\u2019s website said on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at around 10:21 a.m. there was a report of a semi-truck on fire on southbound Interstate 5 near Taft Highway.<\/p>\n<p>The website said all lanes were closed and that the brush along the interstate was also catching on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is listed as a non-injury.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"PHOTO: CALTRANS\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d83ad297-38bb-4cb8-849c-d41a9a13dfc3-Screenshot20260909103159.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Expect delays if traveling in the area.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Expect delays on southbound Interstate 5 after a semi-truck caught on fire Wednesday morning.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-458463","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\/458463","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=458463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}