Car fire on Bay Bridge blocks westbound lanes
A car fire blocked westbound lanes at the foot of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge late Thursday morning.
The vehicle burned in the left lane just before the Harrison Street exit. It was reported at around 11:37 a.m.
Today, at 1139 AM, #yoursffd responded with the California Highway Patrol to a report of a car fire on westbound 80 on the Bay bridge.
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) July 25, 2024
We quickly extinguished that fire with no injuries. The cause of the fire is accidental/mechanical pic.twitter.com/LkHcMRbjjK
The three left lanes were blocked as firefighters worked to put out the fire. The San Francisco Fire Department said the cause of the vehicle fire was "accidental/mechanical" and there were no injuries.
Within the traffic backup heading westbound on the eastern span of the bridge, a vehicle and a motorcycle collided and an ambulance was on the scene.
No other information was immediately available.