WHAT: Vehicle Fire
WHERE: Interstate 74 westbound at Milepost 203, Vermilion County
WHEN: Oct. 26, 2021 at approximately 9:22 p.m.
VEHICLE: Unit 1 – 2012 Kenworth Truck Tractor Livestock Semi-Trailer
DRIVER: Unit 1 – Sebastian Gilbert-More, a 30-year-old male from Portland, IN – Uninjured
PRELIMINARY: Preliminary investigative details indicate the following occurred: Unit 1 was traveling westbound on Interstate 74 at Milepost 203 when a fire started near the drive axles. The driver of Unit 1 pulled to the right shoulder. The fire spread to the front of the livestock trailer. The trailer was loaded with 153 adult pigs. Due to the incident, 38 of the pigs died and 115 were off-loaded to a replacement livestock trailer and removed from the scene. The driver of Unit 1 was not injured. No further information will be disseminated at this time.