Big rig runs off Old Adobe Road, causing grass fire

A big rig pulling an empty trailer ran off the side of Old Adobe Road east of Petaluma Thursday, striking a power pole and bringing down wires that ignited a grass fire, the CHP said.|
GUY KOVNER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

An 18-wheel big rig ran off the side of Old Adobe Road east of Petaluma Thursday, felling a power line that ignited a grass fire, an emergency dispatcher said.

The CHP reported the accident about 3:30 p.m. on Old Adobe Road just north of Highway 116.

The crash snarled traffic, while the fire burned a half-mile stretch of brush and grass. The truck also was fully engulfed in flames, CHP said.

The truck driver was uninjured, the dispatcher said.

- Guy Kovner

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