A harrowing scene broke out on the Newburgh Beacon Bridge overnight. Fire crews from Beacon responded to the bridge for reports of a tractor trailer fire mid-bridge at 3:10 a.m. on July 30. Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union Facebook Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union FacebookCrews from Newburgh Fire Department responded as mutual aid to Middle Hope Fire Department for a tractor trailer fire mid span of the Newburgh Beacon Bridge at 3:10 a.m. Thursday. Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union Facebook Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union FacebookFirefighters used a handline to tackle the fire, which was reportedly extinguished within minutes. Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union Facebook Newburgh Beacon Bridge Tractor Trailer fire/Newburgh Firefighters Union FacebookThe fire comes as clean up crews are working to clear roadways from flooding and downed trees as a result of the summer storms the Hudson Valley has been hit with this July.