A semi-truck hauling bottled water caught on fire within Death Valley National Park on January 10.
Responders on scene believe that the trailer brakes overheated as the truck was descending CA-190 eastbound from Towne Pass around 8:00 pm.
Beatty Volunteer Fire Department, National Park Service, California Highway Patrol, and Caltrans all responded to the fire. According to a park ranger on scene, the melting water bottles in the trailer helped slow the fire, but not enough to save it.
CA-190 is the only road within Death Valley National Park that commercial traffic is allowed on.