BATON ROUGE- A car on I-10 West caught fire Thursday morning. 

The fire was called in around 9 a.m. The incident occurred on I-10 West at Highland Road. All lanes were open to traffic shortly before 9:40 a.m.

The left lane has opened leaving the right lane blocked on I-10 West at Highland, due to a vehicle fire. Congestion is approaching 2 miles in length.

All lanes are open on I-10 West at Highland Road. Congestion has reached approximately 4.5 miles in length.

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