Car Fire Shuts Down HOV Lane in Manchester

MANCHESTER, CT — A car caught on fire on Interstate-84 Wednesday afternoon and temporarily shut down the high occupancy vehicle lane through town heading toward Hartford, state police said.

The car was in the I-84 westbound HOV lane just before 2 p.m. near Exit 62 Manchester when it caught on fire, state police said.

State police were telling drivers to slow down because the lane was closed.

Fire crews were also at the scene, state police said.

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