Vehicle fire causes lane closures on I-68 eastbound, Garrett County MD


A vehicle caught fire on I-68 eastbound near mile marker 19. Emergency responders arrived at the scene. The driver was uninjured but upset. Two lanes were blocked, causing traffic delays.
Audio|Source: Garrett County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Nobody 60, Medic1, I-68, milemarker, 19, eastbound for NBC 15.
00:09
66, hang on there a second. 63, take Dan.
00:14
69, Garrett and route.
00:17
69 in route 1548.
00:22
We have a report that it's on fire.
00:31
63 Garrett, Henry.
00:37
26 in route, 1549, 1-1 in route.
00:43
Gary, do we have confirmation of the false arm?
00:53
Negative, I'm not sure why dispatch that way. Tingling, if we wrote everyone to die, I did talk to the individual that was driving, he said he's uninjured but sounded really shook up.
01:03
Your mom, Mark the 19.
01:09
Okay.
01:11
You say in the 19 he's found now?
01:14
That's correct.
01:16
All right.
01:17
What side of the bridge is it on, you know?
01:25
Steve, I'm here at the cross there, we're going west now and I don't see anything.
01:29
You want me to continue towards the ridge?
01:33
I think it's actually down here.
01:35
Stay on a second.
01:41
Yeah, keep going that way, Dave, there's nothing here anywhere around the 19.
01:47
Okay, Steve, I'm headed towards 17 now.
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6369 6369 Please bow.
02:02
Thank you. Okay, I'm Steve.
02:09
Please. See.
02:14
Answercy.
02:20
Two lanes are blocked.
02:22
Guys, when you get up here, we're right to turn.
02:24
We're going to have to get everything over into the fast lane.
02:28
1-1 when you approach the scene, pull ahead of us.
02:31
1-1-1, Sheriff.
02:39
We said come with you just over the bridge and shut that down and get everything over before you get into this turn.
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