Trailer Catches Fire Near Valley City

A Bismarck man’s truck is destroyed after bursting into flames near Valley City.

Forty-two-year-old David Manwiller was driving from Fargo to Bismarck on I-94 while pulling two enclosed cargo trailers just before 5 a.m. Saturday.

He sensed the truck wasn’t operating normally so he pulled onto the shoulder. He saw smoke coming from the back of the second trailer.

He tried to put out the fire but it had already consumed the entire second trailer.

The other trailer contained 4,500 pounds of batteries but he was able to disconnect it.

There were no reported injuries.