I-215 Traffic Jammed as Car Catches Fire in Menifee

A vehicle fire on an exit ramp from Interstate 215 in Menifee Monday afternoon jammed northbound traffic and prompted the temporary closure of the offramp.

The fire was reported in an older-model green Honda sedan around 2:45 p.m. on the Newport Road exit, according to the California Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported.

The off-ramp was shut down around 3 p.m. while Riverside County fire crews extinguished the flames. According to the agency, traffic was snarled at the location. Newport Road is the main east-west artery in the city.

By 3:10 p.m., the fire was out and one lane of the off-ramp had been re- opened, the CHP reported.

— By City News Service.

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