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 an Interstate 95 overpass Wednesday morning has closed a section of the interstate, state police say. Crews responded to the area of Exit 65 along I-95 and Route 153 before 8 a.

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,