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Interstate 81 traffic shuts down due to tractor-trailer fire

The driver got out safely, but both southbound lanes were closed as crews put out the fire.

FLEETVILLE, Pa. — A tractor-trailer fire shut down southbound lanes on Interstate 81 in Lackawanna County.

It happened just before 5:30 p.m. in Greenfield Township between the Glenwood, Lenoxville exit and the Tompkinsville, Fleetville exit.

The driver got out safely, but both southbound lanes were closed as crews put out the fire.

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