{"id":30933,"date":"2023-10-26T21:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/semitrailer-explodes-on-u-s-160-travelers-can-expect-delays\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:31:04","slug":"semitrailer-explodes-on-u-s-160-travelers-can-expect-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/semitrailer-explodes-on-u-s-160-travelers-can-expect-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Semitrailer explodes on U.S. 160; travelers can expect delays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4d702a1a-6a05-569c-ad0d-41f2ae9c6e4b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"979\" height=\"660\" alt=\"A semitrailer on U.S. Highway 160 exploded Thursday, closing the highway. Photo courtesy of CDOT.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A semitrailer on U.S. Highway 160 exploded Thursday, closing the highway. Photo courtesy of CDOT.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A semitrailer that carried 8,400 gallons of fuel exploded Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 160, closing the highway west of Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. 160 is closed at the U.S. 160 and U.S. 491 intersection for westbound traffic. The road is closed for eastbound traffic at the U.S. 160 and Colorado 41 intersection.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Department of Transportation closed the eastbound and westbound lanes from mile marker 5 to mile marker 18.2, between U.S. Highway 491 and Colorado Highway 41. The truck has exploded several times, and flames could be seen from a mile away, according to a radio report.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. 160 is closed at the U.S. 160 and U.S. 491 intersection for westbound traffic. The road is closed for eastbound traffic at the U.S. 160 and Colorado 41 intersection.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f221a348-9660-5016-a45c-3f2fd03b7931&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"398\" height=\"372\" alt=\"U.S.-160 is closed due to a semi-truck fire that occured on Thurs., Oct. 26 afternoon. Courtesy of CDOT.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">U.S.-160 is closed due to a semi-truck fire that occured on Thurs., Oct. 26 afternoon. Courtesy of CDOT.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Firefighters were allowing the truck to burn to ensure the workers\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>They are waiting for a fire suppression foam trailer to arrive to help them fight the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Expect traffic delays as authorities work on the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>roads as firefighters work on scene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-30933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81258,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions\/81258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30933"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=30933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}