HAPPEN. BUT WE ARE GOING TO START THIS MORNING WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS ON THE ROADS. A TRUCK CARRYING PEOPLE IS ON FIRE ON HIGHWAY 50 EAST RIGHT PAST THE FIFTH STREET EXIT. WE DO HAVE A LIVE REPORT OUT THERE OF THAT SCENE. WE’RE GOING TO GO OVER NOW TO TRAFFIC EXPERT BRIAN HICKEY WITH A LOOK AT THE BACKUP IT’S CAUSING. YEAH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IS ON THE FREEWAY, THE ELEVATED PORTION OF THE FREEWAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF HIGHWAY 50. THIS BIG RIG MADE IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH POSSIBLE FIRE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT FIRE FROM THE TIRES SPREAD INTO THE TRAILER, WHICH WE’VE NOW LEARNED FROM CHP, IS FULL OF WOOD PALLETS. AND SO A LOT OF FUEL IN THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE DESPITE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THEY CONTINUE TO POUR ON TO THAT TRAILER, JUST A LOT OF WOOD FUEL IN THERE THAT IS HELPING THAT FIRE KEEP BURNING THERE. AND OF COURSE, JUST GETTING IN, GETTING THE WATER INTO THERE. A CHALLENGE AS WELL WITH THE METAL SIDING ON THAT TRAILER. THEY’LL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO CUT SOME HOLES. BUT CLEARLY VERY HOT AS THAT FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN THERE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED CHP TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 50. THEY ARE WORKING TO GET SOME UNITS IN PLACE. LOOKS LIKE THEY DO HAVE THE BACK DOORS OPEN ON THAT TRAILER NOW. SO HOPEFULLY CAN GET SOME WATER IN FROM BEHIND ONTO THOSE WOOD PALLETS. BUT AGAIN, I’VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF PALLET FIRES AND THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO PUT OUT WITH THAT AMOUNT OF LUMBER INSIDE THAT TRAILER THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S ALL BOXED IN. SO SO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR TRAFFIC THIS MORNING. LET’S TAKE A LOOK FROM THE CITIZEN HOTEL SKY CAMERA. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW HIGH THOSE FLAMES ARE LEAPING INTO THE AIR, NOT ONLY FROM THAT GROUND SHOT, BUT ALSO FROM OUR TOWER CAMERA. AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE ELEVATED PORTION OF THE FREEWAY. BUT EVEN THEN, THE FLAMES SHOOTING UP ABOVE THE TREE TOPS THERE, AS WE CAN SEE THAT FROM HERE AT OUR VANTAGE POINT IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, LOOKING TOWARDS THE W/X FREEWAY. SO WHAT IS THAT DOING TO TRAFFIC AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT IS HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOUTHBOUND I-5, THAT’S FEELING THE EFFECTS OF IT. IF YOU’RE COMING OVER THE AMERICAN RIVER, SACRAMENTO RIVER EASTBOUND THAT’S NOW BACKING UP. AND NORTHBOUND I-5 IS EVERYONE TRIES TO GET ON TO THE W/X FREEWAY, A MAJOR IMPACT THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THAT EASTBOUND SIDE HOW LIGHT THE TRAFFIC IS BECAUSE EVERYONE’S BEING FUNNELED OVER INTO ONE LANE AND EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE REQUESTED, LIKE I SAID, A COMPLETE CLOSURE. YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. THERE AND THAT SMOKE IS ALL WAFTING OVER THE WESTBOUND LANES. AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE WANTING TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON OVER THERE ON THAT WESTBOUND SIDE. SO THAT’S REALLY BACKING UP THE WESTBOUND SIDE, WHICH ALREADY HAS DELAYS BECAUSE OF THE 650 PROJECT THAT’S GOING ON THERE. SO SOME WE’RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. MIKE TESELLE IS ARRIVING ON SCENE THERE AND HE’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT FOR US TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND KEEP AN EYE ON THAT POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF EASTBOUND HIGHWAY 50. BEYOND THAT, THE REST OF THE AREA PRETTY QUIET ON THAT NORTHBOUND AND RIGHT OUT OF ELK GROVE ON 99 AND I-5 UP UNTIL YOU GET TO THE W/X FREEWAY AND THEN TAKING A LOOK AT HIGHWAY 50 AND INTERSTATE 80, NOT SEEING ANY MAJO