Tractor-trailer catches fire, closing section of Dulles Greenway in Loudoun Co. for hours
The eastbound lanes of the Dulles Greenway near Loudoun County, Virginia, remain closed, but the westbound lanes have reopened after a tractor-trailer caught on fire Wednesday morning.
The closure is between Exit 1 (Leesburg Bypass) and Exit 2 (Battlefield Parkway).
It happened Wednesday just after 9 a.m. The driver of the vehicle pulled over on the right shoulder of Route 267 at the exit ramp for Battlefield Parkway because of smoke coming out of the rear axle of the trailer.
The driver was able to get out as the flames spread through the vehicle and was not hurt.
The lanes will remain closed as fire crews address the fire and assess what the trailer contained.
Below is the area where it happened.