UPDATE: Food-truck fire near top of Highland Park Way hill

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(Screengrab from SDOT camera)

3:43 PM: Avoid the Highland Park Way hill for a while. SFD has arrived to deal with a very smoky ~~car~~ vehicle fire that’s in the southbound lanes just north of Holden.

3:47 PM: Now that the smoke has cleared, the vehicle with the fire appears to be a food truck. Both sides of the street are blocked right now. No word of any injuries.

3:54 PM: The live camera shows uphill traffic still waiting north of the crash scene; firefighters have asked that police be dispatched to help sort out the traffic situation.

3:56 PM: And now traffic is getting by, one lane each way.

5:43 PM: The burned truck (we couldn’t see its name) has been towed, but city crews have remained to deal with the foamy mess in the outside uphill lane, but they may be clear soon.

Dodge that Fire June 23, 2025 (3:47 pm)

We just passed this. There was a food truck that was coming up. The hill in the whole back end was on fire. We thought it was just burning oil or transmission fluid. Luckily we got past before they shut down Highland Park Way