Video footage from Sky 5 shows the truck with severe fire damage, particularly at its front end, where flames appeared to have engulfed the cab.

A Waste Management trash truck caught fire Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Route 140 and the entrance ramp to Route 24 northbound in Taunton, Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts highway was shut in Taunton on Tuesday as firefighters put out a garbage truck fire. Route 140 north was closed at Route 24 for the fire, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation noted.

A box truck that caught fire has caused a big slowdown on Interstate 80 in the Roseville area Tuesday morning.

There is heavy traffic along Interstate 80 in Placer County after a truck fire, officials said. Westbound traffic is backed up from I-80 at the Highway 65 connector going past Douglas Boulevard in the Roseville area,