Traffic moving again after truck fire closes I-85 in northeast Georgia

“He had twin trailers, and in the rear trailer, he was transporting hazardous liquids,” Solis told the AJC.

When Barrow fire crews arrived and saw placards on the truck indicating that it was hauling corrosives, “they looked it up on their emergency response books and it said you need hazmat suit,” Solis said. ”Barrow County doesn’t have hazmat suits, so they called Gwinnett fire out here.”

Gwinnett fire crews suited up and doused the fire, Solis said, but not before some 200 to 300 gallons of the hazardous liquid spilled from the trailer.

Solis said shortly after 7 a.m. that officials were waiting on a private hazmat cleanup crew to arrive “and determine what can be moved and what cannot be moved.”

No injuries were reported.

Northbound traffic was initially being forced off I-85 at Hamilton Mill Road in Gwinnett County, but those lanes were reopened shortly after 5 a.m.

Southbound traffic was routed off the interstate at Ga. 53 until about 7 a.m., when the authorities were able to reopen one southbound lane of the interstate. The second southbound lane had been reopened by 9 a.m.

Meanwhile, closer to town, a wreck involving an overturned vehicle had all southbound lanes of I-285 blocked near Memorial Drive before daybreak. The state Department of Transportation reported shortly before 6 a.m. that all lanes had reopened.

One person was injured in that crash, the DOT said.

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