OREGON, PA – A vehicle is on fire on northbound US-222 northeast of Lancaster, affecting traffic between PA-272/Oregon Pike and PA-772.
511 Pennsylvania reported the incident shortly before 9 a.m. this morning. The wreck has closed at least one lane of northbound traffic.
Officials anticipate that their alert will continue to be in effect until at least 10:30 a.m.
We do not know what caused the vehicle to ignite or whether anyone was injured. We will provide updates to this blog if we learn that information.
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