I-40 West traffic back to normal after car fire near Chapel Hill
A car appeared completely destroyed along the shoulder of I-40 near the US 15-501 interchange on Friday afternoon. Traffic was backed up for miles.
I'LL TRACK THAT WITH FUTURECAST
COMING UP IN LESS THAN 15
MINUTES. THANKS, MIKE. TAKE A
LOOK AT THESE PICTURES TAKEN
FROM CARS ON I-40 IN ORANGE
COUNTY, A CAR GUTTED BY FLAMES
SETTING THE NEARBY GROUND ON
FIRE.
>> NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THIS
BACKED UP TRAFFIC FOR MILES.
IT SHOWS YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE
THIS RIGHT HERE. WHAT I-40 WAS
LIKE 6 O'CLOCK ON A FRIDAY
EVENING. RUSH HOUR. SMOKE
BILLOWING FROM THAT VEHICLE.
AND THIS IS AGAIN, YOU SEE THE
GROUND AROUND IT ON FIRE.
MOTORISTS IN DISBELIEF. SKY 5
FLEW OVER THE SCENE. OUR PILOT
AND PHOTOGRAPHER GIVE US A
BETTER LOOK AT THE SCORCHED
EARTH AND THE CAR THAT STARTED
AT CHAPEL HILL AND HOPEFUL AND
HOPE NEW HOPE FIRE DEPARTMENTS
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