A tractor-trailer fire caused big backups Wednesday on Florida's Turnpike southbound between Lake Worth Road and Boynton Beach Boulevard.
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The semi, which was hauling electronic equipment, caught fire around 8:30 a.m. just north of the Boynton Beach Boulevard exit.
The incident closed all southbound lanes and some northbound lanes. The driver of the big rig was injured and transported to a local hospital.
Officials said about 300 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the ground.
The fire was extinguished just before 9 a.m.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol have since left the scene and by early afternoon traffic was again moving swiftly.
Arriving #firefighters view of tractor trailer on fire this morning at 8:30am on the turnpike pic.twitter.com/zGZgZGiX3f
— PBC Fire Rescue (@PBCFR) March 15, 2017
Images from today's early morning tractor trailer #fire that affected turnpike traffic for several hours pic.twitter.com/pj3YLsyD9f
— PBC Fire Rescue (@PBCFR) March 15, 2017
