Traffic & Transit

I-75 Reopens After Sarasota County Vehicle Fire: North Port Police

All lanes have reopened on Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County after a Thursday morning vehicle fire, police said.

All lanes have reopened on Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County after a Thursday morning vehicle fire, police said.
All lanes have reopened on Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County after a Thursday morning vehicle fire, police said. (Courtesy of North Port Police Department)

Updated: 8:42 a.m., Thursday

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — All southbound lanes have reopened after a Thursday morning vehicle fire on Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County, North Port police wrote in a Facebook post.

The vehicle fire happened at mile marker 175.

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All southbound lanes were shut down, initially, before reopening, police said.

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