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Truck Fire Shuts Down Florida's Turnpike South in St. Lucie County

Both southbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike remain closed in St. Lucie County Tuesday morning after a truck fire broke out near mile marker 161, about nine miles ahead of the Okeechobee Road/State Road 70 exit. The fire was reported just before 8 a.m. Fire rescue crews are working to extinguish the blaze, and both southbound lanes stayed shut as of Tuesday morning, backing up...

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