Garbage truck catches fire on I-285 near Ponce de Leon Avenue
Vehicle fire on I-285
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Interstate 285 south in DeKalb County is reopening after a fire shut it down for several hours Tuesday afternoon.
What we know:
According to the Georgia Department of Transportation's 511 website, all lanes of the interstate were closed before Ponce de Leon Avenue after a vehicle fire around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. By 4:30 p.m., most of the lanes had reopened, but traffic was still heady.
Officials said a DeKalb Sanitation truck caught fire and some of the fire spread to the grass. Nobody was injured.
SKYFOX 5 flew over the scene and saw firefighters working around what appeared to be a garbage truck. Firefighters also appeared to be climbing a ladder and dealing with something inside the container on the garbage truck.
What we don't know:
The cause of the fire has not been released.
The Source: Information in this article came from FOX 5 reviewing GDOT's 511 website. It has been updated with photos from SKYFOX 5.