YouNews Reporters capture I-5 fire images

Story Published: Aug 14, 2008 at 7:43 AM PST

When a series of fires lit up almost 50 miles of Interstate 5 Wednesday, the freeway turned into a parking lot -- and motorists turned into news reporters on the frontline of a breaking news story by becoming YouNews Reporters. | SIGN UP

The hay truck that burst into flames attracted a lot of attention.

YouNews Reporter Capt1njohn captured this image of the smoldering truck body:

YouNews Reporter Muriah07 captured this image of the truck bursting into flames:

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