{"id":8521,"date":"2025-06-25T15:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:32:05","slug":"big-rig-fire-shuts-down-i-10-in-new-orleans-for-several-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/louisiana-truck-accidents\/big-rig-fire-shuts-down-i-10-in-new-orleans-for-several-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Big rig fire shuts down I-10 in New Orleans for several hours\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 Louisiana Department of Transportation crews had to issue several hour-long closures on Wednesday due to a big rig fire on I-10 East.<\/p>\n<p>The truck accident happened overnight in the area of Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway at milepost 218, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwltv.com\/article\/traffic\/new-orleans-traffic-stalled-18-wheeler-traffic-delays-bonnet-carre-spillway\/289-3eb5b079-1aa0-43ae-a847-c533e1da76ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWLTV<\/a>. Transportation workers shut down the right lane for the clean-up process. By 7:16 a.m., officials reopened the lane but still had not been able to remove the semi-truck.<\/p>\n<p>By 9:30 a.m., authorities were able to open up the left lane, and finally, they were able to remove the truck and reopen all lanes at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has not yet disclosed what caused the fire or said if anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation personnel were also called to a separate multi-vehicle crash that happened close to the truck accident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1zyZG3Joyo9y8wexmp5yAE2PQcqbRc5c&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At Truck Accident Lawyers LLC, we pride ourselves on offering personalized legal guidance tailored to fit the needs of every one of our clients. Whether you were injured in a fiery truck crash, jackknife accident, or another kind of truck collision, we\u2019re prepared to help you hold the responsible party accountable. As you focus on your recovery, you can count on us to help you obtain maximum compensation to aid with the costs of your vehicle repairs, hospital bills, and other essential services. Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/a> or call our office at <a href=\"tel:+18887745836\"><strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for a free case review with our <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Louisiana truck accident lawyer.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ORLEANS, LA \u2013 Louisiana Department of Transportation crews had to issue several hour-long closures on Wednesday due to a big rig fire on I-10 East. The truck accident happened overnight in the area of Bonnet Carr\u00e9 Spillway at milepost 218, according to WWLTV. Transportation workers shut down the right lane for the clean-up process. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-louisiana-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8521\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}