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SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A part of Interstate 79 near the Bridgeville Interchange was shut down after a tractor-trailer caught on fire following a crash.
The southbound lanes were both shut down between Exit 54 (Bridgeville) and Exit 48 (Southpointe/Hendersonville) and reopened just after 6 p.m. Thursday, according to state police.
In a video sent to Channel 11, we could see the fire sending heavy smoke into the air.
PennDOT cameras showed a tractor-trailer pulled over on the side of the road.
Details on what happened were not immediately available.
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