Tire fire closes Rt. 228
Route 228 West was closed for a quarter-mile stretch between Route 8 and Old Route 8 after tires on a tractor-trailer caught fire around 12:47 p.m. Friday, according to Middlesex Township police. The tractor-trailer flatbed, owned by William Brown Trucking in Valencia, was carrying steel beams east on Route 228 when a rear tire on the trailer blew.
