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Semi Truck Fire on FM 1788 in Midland, Texas: Permian Basin Commercial Vehicle Fire Risks and Your Legal Rights You were on South FM 1788 that Saturday afternoon, or you know someone who was. You saw the smoke from the semi truck fire, or you heard about it after. The Midland Fire Department responded, and they reported no injuries — and maybe that brought you some relief. But maybe it did not, because you have been feeling something since then that you cannot quite explain: a tightness in your chest, a burn in your throat, a headache that will not leave, or a cough that started the next morning. Or maybe you are a driver who has been through something like this yourself, and you are trying to understand what the law says about commercial vehicle fires in the Permian Basin and what your rights are if the truck you were driving or riding near caught fire because someone else did not maintain it. We are going to tell you everything we know about this. Not a sales pitch — the actual law, the actual federal regulations that govern these trucks, the actual evidence that disappears if nobody moves to protect it, and the actual playbook the insurance company will run if injuries surface. We are Attorney911 — The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC — and we handle commercial truck crash and injury cases across Texas, including the Midland-Odessa Permian Basin corridor. Ralph Manginello has spent 27-plus years in courtrooms, including…