18-wheeler fire closes I-635/LBJ Freeway in Mesquite

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I-635 in the Mesquite area is shut down at Highway 80 due to a truck fire, traffic is backed up to Military Parkway.

Video from Texas Department of Transportation cameras showed firefighters battling flames that were shooting from an 18-wheeler in the northbound lanes of Interstate 635 at Town East Boulevard, according to NBCDFW.com

All northbound I-635 lanes between Town East Boulevard/Exit 7 and Interstate 30/Exit 8 were closed as of 9 a.m.

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