About that smoke: Vehicle fire on 99 in South Park

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5:51 PM: Thanks for all the tips. The big column of black smoke visible a short time ago is from a vehicle fire on Northbound Highway 99 in the 14th Avenue South vicinity in South Park. (Update) All NB lanes of 99 are closed at the scene. Adding a WSDOT camera image:

6:04 PM: WSDOT says (and the camera verifies) that they’ve opened one northbound lane.

6:16 PM: Both lanes are now open again. No injuries reported but we’re doublechecking with SFD.

Molly September 2, 2022 (11:01 pm)

Drove past on southbound 99 literally as they opened the one traffic lane again. It was a semi truck that got completely burned. It appeared to be on the side of the road. There incidentally is a homeless encampment within 20 feet of where the firefighters put out the fire. Any word on how the fire started?

WSB September 3, 2022 (1:27 am)

It was a car-fire response, not an encampment-fire response. That’s all I know
Brian September 3, 2022 (12:42 pm)

In your hypothetical situation what do you think happened? A gang of homeless people surrounded and burned a semi truck for fun?

E September 3, 2022 (4:32 pm)

I was driving southbound as it was happening. It appeared to me the engine is what caught on fire, and the driver was trying to use a fire extinguisher to put it out (which unfortunately did not do much good).

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