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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Truck fire stalls traffic on Interstate 78 at Summit Lawn

PRESS PHOTOS BY JIM MARSH

Western Salisbury Fire Department Firefighters Ramon Deeb, left, and Jonathan Al-Khal wait for their hoseline to be charged as they respond to a fully-involved pickup truck fire around 8 a.m. Feb. 3 on Interstate 78 at Summit Lawn.

Firefighters halted traffic for a short time as emergency equipment had to descend the westbound ramp at Summit Lawn and double back eastbound against traffic flow. The fire was just east of the Summit Lawn I-78 overpass. Also responding and providing water to fight the fire was the Eastern Salisbury Fire Department's tanker truck. A unit from Upper Milford Fire Department also responded and Upper Saucon Fire Department diverted traffic for a time at the bottom of the hill on East Pike Avenue around the