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Garbage truck fire clogs I-380 north of Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS – Northbound traffic on Interstate 380 north of Cedar Rapids jammed after a garbage truck caught fire Wednesday morning.
No one was injured when the fire started in the engine compartment of the truck about a mile south of the Toddville exit.
As of 11:45 a.m., one lane of northbound traffic was open, but motorists were crawling for a couple miles.
By 1:15 p.m., all lanes of northbound I-380 had reopened, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Traffic crawls in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380 after a garbage truck caught fire about a mile south of the Toddville exit this morning, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Northbound I-380 was shut down for a period of time. No one was hurt. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News)
No one was hurt when a garbage truck caught fire in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380 about a mile south of the Toddville exit this morning, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Northbound I-380 was shut down for a period of time. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News)
An employee of JC Towing hooks up his truck to a garbage truck that caught fire in the northbound lanes of Interstate 380 about a mile south of the Toddville exit this morning, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Northbound I-380 was shut down for a period of time. No one was hurt. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News)
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