Car fire on Throgs Neck Bridge brings traffic to standstill

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
·1 min read
A car went up in flames on the Throgs Neck Bridge Wednesday.
A car went up in flames on the Throgs Neck Bridge Wednesday.

A car fire on the Throgs Neck Bridge shut down all lanes on the Bronx side of the span on Wednesday, according to reports.

Online footage showed plumes of black smoke spewing from the bridge, with a vehicle on fire in the northbound lanes.

A car fire on the Throgs Neck Bridge shut down all lanes on the Bronx side of the span on Wednesday. Citizen App
A car fire on the Throgs Neck Bridge shut down all lanes on the Bronx side of the span on Wednesday. Citizen App
Firefighters rushed to the scene. Citizen App
Firefighters rushed to the scene. Citizen App

Photos show the dark-colored sedan engulfed in flames as city fire fighters rushed to the scene.

No injuries were immediately reported.

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