Gephardt Daily
Gephardt Daily Staff
July 13, 2018
TOOELE COUNTY, Utah, July 12, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — A semi that caught fire Thursday morning on Interstate 80 was carrying contaminated soil from an EPA site in Pennsylvania.
The truck fire occurred on I-80 westbound, near Grantsville. The radioactive soil did not pose a threat to the public, according to Tooele County Emergency Management. The containers carrying the radioactive dirt were never breached by the fire, officials said.