Truck hauling trailer erupts in flames on I-15 near Malad
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MALAD – A driver is uninjured after escaping a vehicle fire north of Malad Saturday afternoon.
It happened around 2 p.m. in the southbound lane of Interstate 15 at milepost 24, according to a news release from Idaho State Police.
Police say a 30-year-old Idaho Falls man — whom they did not identify by name — was pulling a toy-hauler trailer in a 2025 Ford F-350. For reasons that aren’t clear, the engine compartment caught fire.
The man pulled over and got out as the vehicle became engulfed in flames.
“Flames spread to the trailer, and the surrounding brush in the median and right shoulder of the Interstate,” ISP say in the news release.
Traffic was blocked for nearly 90 minutes while crews worked to extinguish the blaze and clear the scene.
The Downey Fire Department is one of multiple agencies who responded, along with ISP. Others included Oneida Fire District, the Idaho Transportation Department, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office.