{"id":271902,"date":"2026-08-25T12:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271902\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:32:08","slug":"truck-gets-stuck-in-mud-after-illegally-dumping-hundreds-of-tires-in-fairmount-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271902\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck gets stuck in mud after illegally dumping &#8216;hundreds of tires&#8217; in Fairmount Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fk36st0xwuz191oq.jpg\" alt=\"Truck illegally dumps tires in Philly park, gets stuck in mud\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fk36st0xwuz191oq.jpg\" alt=\"Truck illegally dumps tires in Philly park, gets stuck in mud\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-39f6236e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Investigators are searching for the renters of a UHaul box truck they say was left struck in the mud after illegally dumping mounds of tires in Fairmount Park.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Parks and Recreation Department will work Tuesday to remove the illegally dumped tires from Fairmount Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials say a UHaul truck was used to leave &#8220;hundreds of tires&#8221; near the Centennial Arboretum on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">In a stroke of instant karma, the truck became stuck in the mud right next to the mounds of tires and abandoned.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Each illegally dumped tire carries a $5,000 fine, according to officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Parks and Recreation crews will be at Fairmount Park on Tuesday morning to clean up the tires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information provided by the City of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Investigators are searching for the renters of a UHaul box truck they say was left struck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-271902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}