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Portion of I-65 closed due to military semi with explosive material catching fire
I-65 was closed for over three hours after a semitruck brake fire involving 300 artillery shells; an Army team safely secured the munitions before reopening.
- On Tuesday morning, a semitruck suffered a brake fire on southbound I‑65 near the Walesboro/Ogilville/State Road 58 exit at mile marker 64, prompting closure of both directions between Exits 55 and 64.
- Because the load was explosive military munitions, officials requested an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team; howitzer rounds are commonly 155 mm, each approximately 2 feet long and 100 pounds.
- Lt. Dane Duke said the fire did not reach the trailer, but securing the scene would take time, with authorities estimating an estimated timeline of approximately four hours to reopen the highway.
- All lanes of I‑65 south of Columbus reopened just before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team declared the shells safe and moved them to Camp Atterbury.
- Drivers were urged to avoid I‑65 as crews responded to multiple incidents across Jackson and Bartholomew counties, including a four‑vehicle collision near mile marker 56 and a diversion at mile marker 55.
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Part of I‑65 Reopens After Ammo Truck Blaze
Source: 511in.org / 511in.org BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind. — A fire in the wheel well of a semi hauling military munitions forced police to close a nine-mile stretch of Interstate 65 in both directions Tuesday before reopening it later, Lt. Dane Duke of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office said. Duke said deputies received a call about a fire that “initiated in the wheel well of the semi-trailer.” The driver managed to put out the flames before t…
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