Vehicle fire shuts down three lanes on I-405 NB near Kirkland

KING COUNTY, WA — Crews responded to a vehicle fire Wednesday evening that closed three right lanes on interstate 405 northbound near Kirkland, according to Washington State Department of Transportation.

UPDATE: Fire response crews on-scene have taken the 3 right lanes for this vehicle fire I-405 NB just south of NE 70th Place (MP 17). We are opening toll lanes to all NB I-405 just north of SR 520. https://t.co/CQSptXUpXn pic.twitter.com/xoacGa005f

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 22, 2021

The incident initially impacted the right shoulder along the northbound lanes of I-405 just north of state Route 520. It was first reported by WSDOT at 5:17 p.m.

Three right northbound lanes south of Northeast 70th Place at milepost 17 were later closed at 5:24 p.m. when fire response crews arrived on scene.

Authorities opened toll lanes to divert all northbound traffic just north of SR-520.

At 5:54 p.m., the incident was reported cleared and all northbound lanes on I-405 south of Northeast 70th Place were reopened.

CLEARED: This incident has cleared and all lanes are reopened on I-405 NB just south of NE 70th Place. https://t.co/7ok66DBaf5

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 22, 2021

No other information has been reported on the circumstances around the vehicle fire.

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