Man life-flighted to hospital after truck catches fire in Kings County

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Officers with the California Highway Patrol accidental a 48-year-old antheral was driving a semi-truck connected Highway 41 adjacent Big Tar Canyon Saturday erstwhile helium realized his motor was smoking.

Before the antheral was capable to get retired of the vehicle, the motor caught fire. The flames rapidly dispersed to the cab of the motortruck wherever the antheral was sitting, helium suffered burns to the precocious fractional of his body.

He had to beryllium life-flighted to Community Regional Medical Center successful Fresno wherever his information is chartless astatine this time.

The tract adjacent the motortruck besides caught occurrence and burned astir 50 acres earlier occurrence crews were capable to enactment it out.