I-15 north reopens after semi catches fire, slides 75 yards along barrier south of Kanarraville
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ST. GEORGE — A semitractor-trailer caught fire during a crash on northbound Interstate 15 in Washington County Wednesday, a blaze that closed all northbound lanes for nearly three hours as multiple agencies tended to the chaotic scene. Shortly before 11 a.m., officers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a semitractor-trailer on northbound […]

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