Truck fire blocks I-30 West in Miller County

A truck fire blocks Interstate 30 West traffic in Miller County on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2015.
A truck fire blocks Interstate 30 West traffic in Miller County on Wednesday morning, July 22, 2015.

A truck fire blocked westbound Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas for about three hours Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Arkansas State Police said the tractor-trailer caught fire near mile marker 12 in Miller County, west of the Red River and Fulton, about 7 a.m. All westbound lanes remained blocked until shortly before 10 a.m.

Traffic was being diverted onto U.S. 67 at mile marker 18, east of the Red River, to get around the area.

Dispatchers said there were no preliminary reports of injuries. Scanner traffic described the truck as fully engulfed.

The ArkansasOnline live traffic map showed significant delays in the area.

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