Travel nightmare: Fire, crashes cause major back-ups on I-15 - East Idaho News
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Travel nightmare: Fire, crashes cause major back-ups on I-15

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BLACKFOOT —- It’s been a traffic nightmare on the northbound lanes of Interstate 15 this afternoon.

Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland tells EastIdahoNews.com crews were called out to investigate a fire earlier this afternoon in the median of the interstate near Blackfoot.

A short time later, around 2:30 p.m., a semi-truck crashed near the Blackfoot exits.

Then another semi truck jack-knifed about four miles north of Blackfoot.

Rowland says all of the incidents happened near a construction zone in the northbound lanes.

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Traffic in the southbound lanes of I-15 are moving at regular speeds but northbound travel is restricted to one lane.

Drivers are being asked to avoid the area.

EastIdahoNews.com will bring you updates to this story as we receive them.

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