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Update: Interstate 70 reopened after vehicle fire closes it at Exit 205

SILVERTHORNE — A vehicle fire closed Interstate 70 at Exit 205 on Sunday, Aug. 2. The fire was confined to the vehicle and the vehicle was on the bridge that goes over Highway 9. Colorado State Patrol spokesman Colin Remillard reported around 3:40 p.m. that the fire had been extinguished. Traffic was directed to leave the interstate at Exit 205 but could reenter the interstate at the Exit 205 on-ramp after crossing through Silverthorne.

Eastbound I-70 reopened around 3:40 p.m. and all westbound lanes reopened at 5:37 p.m. after the left lane reopened around 4:20 p.m.


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