Lanes cleared on Port Mann bridge after vehicle fire

Two eastbound lanes on Highway 1 were closed after a vehicle caught fire on the Port Mann Bridge between Coquitlam and Surrey Tuesday afternoon.

An update from DriveBC just before 8 p.m. on social media indicated that the bridge is cleared.

Callers to 1130 NewsRadio began reporting that a truck had caught fire just before 3 p.m.

Emergency crews had the right through lane and the left exit lane blocked as the vehicle was on the painted median before the offramp.

Traffic was backed up through Burnaby and delays had reached as far as Vancouver.

Drivers were advised to cross the Fraser River by getting down to the Pattullo Bridge and get back onto Highway 1 eastbound via 104th Avenue during the closure.

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