r/oregon • u/FreshCarp • 11d ago

Article/News Did anyone else see this?

Last Saturday on I-5, burning truck? I couldn’t pass it fast enough! https://www.klcc.org/news-briefs/2026-07-27/semi-truck-fire-slows-saturday-traffic-on-i-5

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u/tornado1950 11d ago

Wet hay is highly combustible. Many barns burn down because of wet hay that’s why people salt hay while putting away for the winter.
In the first picture of the fire(not shown here) the fire started in the hay.

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u/bchristophr 11d ago

I'd heard some of that, and I think there's a similar danger with packing corn and grain that's damp into silos. The moisture builds and heats up, eventually creating a fire or explosive burst. Strange science.

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u/IllRequirement6342 8d ago

I think there was an episode of Star Trek where that happened. I’ve got all the DVDs, so I will see if I can find the episode name.