Tractor trailer fire halts traffic on I-95 near Dunn

A tractor trailer fire on Wednesday shut down all of the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 at Hodges Chapel Road in Harnett County.
Posted 6/7/2023, 4:22:14 PM Updated 6/7/2023, 5:58:04 PM

>> DESTINY PATTERSON REPORTING

LIVE IN RALEIGH, DESTINY.

THANKS.

>> BUT TO GET BACK TO THAT

MAJOR TRAFFIC ALERT THAT WE

FIRST SHARED WITH YOU. THE TOP

OF THE BROADCAST IS GOOD TO BUY

AND TRADE WITH WHAT WE KNOW IS

HAPPENING AND HOW TO GET ALONG.

BUT A TRUCK FIRE CAN THAT HAS

CLOSED A SECTION OF I-95

BETWEEN DONE AND BENSON.

THIS IS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE

TRIANGLE AREA. AS WE TAKE YOU

TO THAT LIVE CENTER MAP, YOU

CAN SEE THOSE BIG DELAYS ON

I-95 NORTHBOUND. WANT TO TAKE

YOU TO LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW

FROM SKY 5 AND THAT CRASH IS

RIGHT AROUND THE HODGES CHAPEL

ROAD EXIT. YOU CAN SEE IN THESE

LIVE PICTURES, THEY ARE WORKING

TO GET ALL OF THIS CLEARED.

I JUST CHECKED WITH DOT AND

THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THIS OPEN

IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. IT

LOOKS LIKE A BIG JOB OUT THERE

AND THAT MAY BE ABLE TO OPEN

SOME LANES, BUT IT MIGHT BE A

LITTLE WHILE BEFORE WE GET

TRAFFIC BACK TO NORMAL. ALL

OF THAT NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC

RIGHT NOW ON I-NINETY-FIVE IS

BEING DIVERTED ONTO HODGES

CHAPEL ROAD BETWEEN DONE AND

BENSON. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE

HAVE A MILES LONG TRAFFIC JAM

EXTENDING ALL THE WAY BACK

TOWARD THE DUNN AREA. AS YOU

CAN SEE THERE, BOTH OF THOSE

NORTHBOUND LANES ARE REALLY

BADLY BACKED UP AND ALSO SOME

RAMP DELAYS APPROACHING.

I-95 NORTHBOUND SOUTHBOUND

TRAFFIC. THOSE LOOKING OKAY

AT THE MOMENT UNTIL THEY CAN

GET I-95 COMPLETELY REOPEN.

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