The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a semi-trailer that caught fire on Interstate 39/90 near Stoughton Saturday afternoon.
All southbound lanes of Interstate 39/90 near Stoughton are back open again after a roughly six-hour closure Saturday due to a semi-trailer that caught fire, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
The fire started at around 1 p.m. Saturday, the State Patrol said in a Facebook post. The semi-trailer hauling paper products blew a tire, and the driver pulled over. He got out to take a look and noticed the tire beginning to smoke and catch fire.
The lane closures on the interstate lastly roughly six hours Saturday.
All southbound lanes of the interstate at mile marker 151 near Stoughton were closed until the left lane reopened around 2 p.m. All lanes were reopened at 7 p.m. after the fire was put out and the scene was cleared.
There were no injuries reported.
Weekend re-reads: Check out these Wisconsin State Journal stories honored in state newspaper contest
The Wisconsin State Journal collected 10 first-place awards in an annual contest put on by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, including recognitions for general excellence, all-around photography and the opinion pages.
State Journal staff also won eight second-place finishes and 12 third-place honors in the association's Better Newspaper Contest, which evaluated content published between Sept. 1, 2019, and Aug. 31, 2020.
Photographer John Hart took home three individual first-place wins for the feature photo, artistic photo and photo essay categories, while photographer Amber Arnold earned first for a general news photo.
Emily Hamer was awarded the Rookie Reporter of the Year distinction and also won first place for extended coverage on the return of state pardons. Higher education reporter Kelly Meyerhofer earned first place in local education coverage.
Re-read the State Journal stories that won first, second and third place in this year's Better Newspaper Contest.
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Shanzeh Ahmad | Wisconsin State Journal
Shanzeh Ahmad is a general assignment reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal. She joined the paper in 2019 after getting a master's degree in journalism and public affairs from American University in Washington, D.C.
