Tractor Trailer Carrying Eggs Catches Fire on U.S. 50 Near Monarch Pass
An eighteen-wheel tractor trailer caught fire Monday evening around 8:30 p.m. on U.S. 50 near mile marker 209, west of Maysville on Monarch Pass, prompting a highway closure that lasted approximately three hours.
Emergency crews responded after a 911 call was received by the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center. Upon arrival, they found the truck fully engulfed in...