A tractor-trailer fire has shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 95. The lanes for northbound traffic were closed between exits 65 and 66, the state Department of Transportation said. The fire was reported about 7:40 a.

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 fire on a car carrier closed Interstate 95 North in Old Saybrook on Wednesday morning and traffic getting by again. State police said a loaded car carrier caught on fire underneath the I-95 overpass and the fire spread to cars on the carrier itself.

A car carrier fire under an Interstate 95 overpass Wednesday morning closed a section of the interstate, state police say.