Crime & Safety

Green Fire Dept. Extinguishes Flaming Truck on I-77 at Akron-Canton Airport Exit

Firefighters arrived to find the truck consumed by fire and extinguished it within minutes

No one was injured in a morning truck fire that consumed a pickup truck and blocked traffic on the I-77 South exit at the Lauby Road exit.

Green Fire Capt. Randy Raines said officials are investigating what started the fire within a 1998 or 1999 Ford F150 pickup truck driving on I-77 near the .

The fire department received a call for service at 9:19 this morning and firefighters were back at their station by 9:51.

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The Summit County Sheriff's Office also responded.


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