PENDLETON COUNTY, Ky. — Students in the Pendleton County School District got an extra two hours to sleep-in after an 18-wheeler full of Girl Scout cookies caught fire shutting down US-27.
The semi caught fire around 4 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Ambrose Wright Road and Woodland Acres Drive.
Investigators said no one was hurt but it did take a while to clean up the mess. The road was shut down for at least three hours.
The district said the traffic impact caused the delay.
Due to a tractor trailer accident impacting traffic on US 27 near Sharp Middle School Pendleton County Schools will be on a two hour delay for Thursday, January 26, 2023.
— Pendleton County Schools (@PCWildcats) January 26, 2023
Investigators have not said if they know how the fire started.
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