3:04 p.m. ACFR Update

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA – At approximately 12:28 pm on Thursday, November 16, 2023, career and volunteer fire units from Albemarle County Fire Rescue responded to the report of vehicle fire on Intersate-64 at mile marker 100 in Nelson County, near Crozet. The vehicle fire extended to a brush fire up the nearby mountain. The first apparatus arrived on scene 9 minutes after dispatch.

Motorists can expect delays due to the vehicle and brush fire. Traffic backups are approximately 4 miles. The west right lane and right shoulder were closed but are now open.

The fire is still being contained with the Forestry and National Park services dispatching crews to this location.

Original Story

AFTON, Va. (WINA) – A vehicle fire on westbound Interstate 64 near the top of Afton Mountain briefly closed the westbound lanes after the fire spread to the vegetation.

It’s not known if the fire has been contained but live cameras on 511virginia.org have shown a tall billow of smoke.

WINA News will post additional information as soon as it becomes available.