A file photo of a California Highway Patrol vehicle.
A truck transporting a shipment of solar panels caught fire Friday on a San Diego highway near the neighborhoods of Normal Heights and Kensington, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The panel fire erupted around 7 a.m. Friday on southbound Interstate 15 just north of Adams Avenue, according to the CHP communications.
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I-15 SB, north of Adam’s Ave., everything has been moved to the right shoulder.
All lanes are open.
CHP communications said that fire was seen coming from the truck’s engine, with “huge flames and lots of smoke.”
As of 8 a.m., all lanes have reopened on southbound I-15 north of Adams, the CHP said.
No injuries were immediately reported.
