Crime & Safety

Update: Traffic Now Clear After Car Fire on U.S. 23

Commuters were delayed this morning after a car fire blocked lanes on U.S. 23.

Traffic has now cleared on U.S. 23 Northbound after a car fire blocked both lanes on the highway in Brighton around 8 a.m. this morning.

The car fire was reported before Exit 58/Lee Road and traffic was stopped from M-36/Exit 54 in Whitmore Lake, according to WXYZ.

Reader Janee Skomial alerted Patch to the incident and sent us the photo of the car fire (right).

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