A car carrier caught on fire under an Interstate 95 overpass in Westbrook on Wednesday. The fire was reported in the morning hours in the area of Exit 65 along Route 153 and I-95 where a loaded carrier began burning under the overpass,

WESTBROOK, Conn. — Interstate 95 north in Westbrook is closed as state police and firefighters contain a fire that sparked on a vehicle carrying multiple cars. State police responded to the scene near Exit 65 on I-95 North; the vehicle carrier caught fire under the overpass that carries Route 153, according to troopers.

A car-carrier fire under a highway overpass shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Westbrook and clogged rush-hour traffic, officials say.

A loaded car carrier caught fire bringing traffic to a halt in the northbound lanes of I-95 in Westbrook Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers from Troop F responded to the highway under the I-95 overpass near exit 65 and Route 153 in Westbrook,