Crime & Safety

Update: I-80 Lanes Still Closed Due to Big Rig Fire

All westbound lanes of I-80 approaching the Bay Bridge have reopened this afternoon, Monday, nine hours after this morning's fire in a big rig that created a huge, daylong traffic backup on the freeway.

By Sasha Lekach, Bay City News Service

All westbound lanes on Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco finally reopened this afternoon, Monday, more than nine hours after a big-rig carrying Asian food supplies caught fire west of the Bay Bridge early this morning.

The incident began around 5:45 a.m. when the truck's front tire blew out, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver pulled over west of Fremont Street and then discovered that the truck was smoking.

The truck then became engulfed in flames. The blaze was extinguished at 6:53 a.m., San Francisco fire officials said. No one was injured.

All the lanes opened at 3:25 p.m. after the charred truck was towed away.

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