The stake-bed truck was descending Towne Pass on California State Route 190 on Monday, July 15, when its brakes overheated, igniting a fire, the National Park Service said in a July 18 news release.
Photos from rangers show the truck ablaze on the side of the highway as smoke billows out. While the driver was not hurt, the truck was destroyed, according to rangers.
The park reached at least 125 degrees nine days in a row, and experienced a peak of 129.3 degrees on July 7, during the recent heat wave in Death Valley.
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