I-76 reopens 12 hours after truck fire erupts in Montgomery County
LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A truck fire caused major traffic delays for drivers in Montgomery County Sunday morning, and some of the afternoon.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 were closed near Green Lane and Belmont Avenue in Lower Merion Township after a FedEx truck caught fire around 1 a.m.
Lanes were initially closed in both directions, but eastbound lanes ended up being shut down for 12 hours. They reopened around 1:10 p.m.
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State police say it took crews about an hour to get the fire under control, but removing all the debris from the roadway took several hours.
No reports of any injuries at this time, and the cause of the fire is unknown.