LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) — Lake Saint Louis police are asking for the public's help to solve a rash of brush fires that shut down I-70 Monday afternoon.
***BRUSH FIRE***Highway 70 Westbound near Highway KO'Fallon***HIGHWAY CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS***
— SCC Scanner Traffic (@SCCMST) September 30, 2019
They have reopened westbound 70 west of K, but eastbound 70 remains blocked east of Bryan due to the brushfire... @kmoxnews #stltraffic pic.twitter.com/tVQVdpx0IT
— Rodger Brand (@rbrandtraffic) September 30, 2019Police Chief Chris DiGiuseppi said the fires were first reported between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., and somebody must've seen something.
"Well, I mean, you know, obviously, if they saw somebody who was intentionally lighting fires, we want them to call that in. But also if they had a vehicle that was traveling down the roadway that was dragging something, creating sparks," DiGiuseppi said.
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The chief says the puzzling part of the fires is they caught on opposite sides of the interstate, and were spread out from Lake Saint Louis to O'Fallon and Wentzville.
Anyone with information is asked to call Lake Saint Louis Police at (636) 625-8018.
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