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Car fire briefly shuts down eastbound I-96 in Lowell Township

Posted at 6:37 PM, Jul 19, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-19 19:59:59-04

LOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich.  — A fully-involved car fire shut down eastbound I-96 in Lowell Township on Thursday evening.

It happened near the Segwun Avenue overpass in eastern Kent County, around 6:05 p.m.

FOX 17 photo taken by Darren Cunningham.

FOX 17’s Darren Cunningham – at the scene – reported the left (fast) lane had reopened by 6:25 p.m. Thursday. All lanes were back open by 6:51 p.m.

There were no reported injuries, and no early word on what caused the fire.