Tractor-trailer fire shuts down eastbound I-84 in Orange County

A tractor-trailer fire shut down the eastbound side of Interstate 84 in Greenville and cut into one of Orange County’s main commuter and freight corridors. Huguenot Fire Company said crews found the truck fully engulfed when they arrived on the scene.

The blaze broke out on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in the Town of Greenville, and firefighters from neighboring departments joined the response. The front of the tractor-trailer was heavily damaged and melted, and the incident left extensive smoke damage before crews got it under control.

Firefighters were back in service after about 90 minutes. No injury information had been released, and investigators had not said what sparked the fire.

The call fit a pattern that has repeatedly put I-84 truck traffic on Orange County fire crews’ radar. Huguenot Fire Company previously said it was dispatched at 6:36 a.m. to a motor-vehicle accident with fire on Interstate 84 at mile marker 1.4, with Greenville Fire Department arriving under automatic response. News 12 also separately reported a tractor-trailer fire on I-84 in Brewster, Putnam County, on April 2, 2026.

The disruption landed on a corridor already facing construction pressure. New York State Department of Transportation traveler advisories show ongoing lane-closure activity in Greenville, including an eastbound ramp closure to Mountain Road. For drivers moving goods through the Town of Greenville, even a single truck fire can ripple through a route already narrowed by closures, delaying commutes, deliveries and local traffic moving between Orange County and points east.