Truck Fire Stalls Traffic on I-24 for Hours

Traffic on I-24 in Christian County was snarled for hours after a semi tractor-trailer hauling frozen chicken caught fire Thursday morning. 

State officials say sometime around 10:00 am, near mile marker 80, a tire blew on the trailer, then got stuck in a position where it caught fire. The trailer, which contained thousands of pounds of frozen chicken, became engulfed in flames. 

Traffic was stopped on eastbound lanes of I-24 until about 3:20 pm, while multiple agencies worked to detour traffic, put out the fire, and clean up the scene.