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UPDATE: LEX 18 Traffic Tracker: I-75 Near Berea Reopens After Truck Fire

Posted at 11:49 AM, Feb 09, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-09 12:00:16-05

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A commercial truck fire was snarling traffic Saturday morning along Interstate Highway 75 near Berea.

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials said the fire was in the northbound lanes around mile marker 81.

The cause of the fire was immediately disclosed.

The emergency response was closing lanes in both directions.

Traffic officials said before noon that all the lanes had reopened to regular traffic.