and Rescue, 9/2023.
It’s not a holiday weekend until Interstate 80 is closed through the Delaware Water Gap and Labor Day didn’t disappoint.
A tractor-trailer loaded with wood pallets caught fire in the westbound lanes of Route 80 just past noon on August 3 at Exit 1 along the brief portion of the highway that runs through Hardwick, just short of the Delaware River bridge.
Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue was alerted to the fire just before 12:30 p.m., the squad said in a statement. The highway was closed to all traffic for several hours, reopening with one lane around 3 p.m. An extensive cleanup was required, they said.
N.J. State Police said the driver of the truck escaped without any reported injuries.
Along with Knowlton, fire and rescue crews from New Jersey and Pennsylvania responded to the fire, including Blairstown Hose Co. No. 1, Mount Bethel Volunteer Co. Station 37, Delaware Water Gap Fire Department, Shawnee Fire Co. and Acme Hose Co. No. 1/East Stroudsburg Fire Department.
Then on Sept. 6, a rolled over tractor-trailer closed the ramp from Route 46 westbound to I-80 westbound near the Portland Bridge exit. Knowlton Fire and Rescue said the ramp would be closed overnight for cleanup.
courtesy of Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue, 9/2023.
Joe brings decades of journalism experience to the Ridge View Echo, covering everything from local school boards to the U.S. Supreme Court. A former National Law Journal editor and Columbia Law School press officer, he now enjoys telling community stories in Blairstown, where he lives with his wife, Rose, and their two dachshunds.
- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
- Joe Phalon, Contributing Writerhttps://ridgeviewecho.com/author/joe-phalon-contributing-writer/
