Photos for Headline Surfer / Traffic on westbound I-4 was snarled by the cleanup of the spilling of frozen turkeys all over the highway after a tractor-trailer caught fire at 4:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, near mile marker 101 in Sanford, Florida.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
SANFORD, Fla. -- A tractor-trailer carrying 10,000 frozen turkeys caught fire on westbound Interstate 4 in Seminole County early Thursday morning, causing the frozen fowl to spill onto the highway.
The 4:40 a.m. incident occurred at mile marker 101 in Sanford around 4:40 a.m.
According to the Seminole County Fire Department, no one was injured in the mishap. Firefighters said the driver pulled onto the shoulder and the tractor-trailer caught fire. It’s not known what caused the fire.
The fire was extinguished, but it sparked back up and had to be put out again.
Two lanes were blocked until the frozen turkeys could be swept off the roadway. All lanes were reopened after sunrise.
I-4 vehicle accident & fire 📍 MM 101 WB Sanford. 18-wheeler tractor trailer caught fire carrying 10,000 frozen turkey. No injuries… SCFD units have fire under control. FHP on scene. Extended operation - two lanes blocked. pic.twitter.com/EAL9i7xlLw
— Seminole County Fire Department (SCFD) PIO Media (@scfdpio) August 4, 2022
About the Byline Writer: Henry Frederick is a member of the working press and publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet launched in 2008 along the I-4 tourism corridor in greater Daytona Beach to Orlando from Lake Mary, Florida via HeadlineSurfer.com. Frederick has amassed 115 award-winning bylines in print & online. He earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade. And Before that worked the same beat for The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases such as the George Zimmerman murder trial, Frederick has appeared on national crime shows on Discovery ID, Reelz, and the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. AWJ: