A tractor-trailer fire closed westbound Interstate 78 in Hunterdon County on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Watch video
UNION TWP. - An overnight tractor-trailer fire has closed the right and center lanes of westbound Interstate 78 west of exit 11 (Pattenburg Road) Saturday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The fire was first reported shortly before 3:30 a.m. and closed all westbound lanes of Interstate 78. Firefiighters were still on the scene at 6 a.m. and several tanker trucks had were called in to supply water to fight the blaze.
As of 8 a.m. there are still delays of up to 2 miles reported in the area.
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Responding to this fire were firefighters from Pattenburg, Clinton, Bloomsbury, Annandale Hose Company in Clinton Township, Lebanon Borough, as well as the Pattenburg and Clinton rescue squads, the Hunterdon County Haz-Mat Team, the State Police and the Department of Transportation's Traffic Incident Management team.