Semi fire reported on I-70 at 31-mile marker

Fire scene at 31-mile marker of Interstate 70 in western Putnam County Thursday evening. Photo courtesy Katie Payne

PUTNAMVILLE -- A semi hauling clothes caught fire Thursday evening along westbound Interstate 70 at the Putnam-Clay County line.

Cloverdale Fire Department units responded at 6:48 p.m., arriving at the scene to find "a fully involved semi fire."

No injuries were reported with the fire blamed on the trailer brakes.

Jefferson Township units were summoned to the scene at the 31-mile marker westbound, 10 miles west of Cloverdale.

Cloverdale firefighters douse the remains of semi trailer that caught fire at the 31-mile marker of Interstate 70 Thursday night. As of 10 p.m., the westbound lanes had not been reopened to traffic. Courtesy photo/INDIANA STATE POLICE

Firefighters noted that the tractor had disconnected from the semi trailer, which the dispatcher said was hauling clothing, according to what the driver had told him.

Traffic was exiting at U.S. 231 for alternate routes with Curtis Wrecker arriving for removal of the trailer. Several Indiana State Police troopers on the scene.

The westbound lanes were reopened to traffic just after 11:30 p.m.