Part of the New York State Thruway remains closed due to a tractor-trailer fire near the Capital Region.
A tractor-trailer caught fire Tuesday morning on Interstate 90 east in Mindenville, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and 511NY.
The vehicle was carrying compressed natural gas, according to WNYT. The danger posed by the fire led officials to consider evacuating residents from the area, New York State Police officials told the Times Union.
Both sides of the Thruway were completely closed at 9:25 a.m. between Exit 29A (Little Falls) and Exit 29 (Canajoharie) as firefighters worked to put out the fire.
I-90 west reopened shortly before 11 a.m. after the fire was put out.
However, I-90 east remains closed at Exit 29A, according to the state Thruway Authority.
“The danger involving the tractor trailer fire on the New York State Thruway has been cleared,” the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office wrote in an update late Tuesday morning on Facebook. “The New York State Thruway eastbound from Little Falls to Canajoharie remains closed while crews continue cleanup operations.”
The sheriff’s office asked the public to avoid the area and seek alternative routes, if possible.
No one was injured in the fire, troopers told the Times Union.
Despite the ongoing closure of I-90 east, traffic appears to be moving smoothly on the Thruway, 511NY traffic maps show.
The fire was reported at mile marker 204.5 in Mindenville, a hamlet in Montgomery County about 30 miles east of Utica and about 50 miles west of Schenectady.