North Rhine-Westphalia: Burning car: A46 closed in the direction of Wuppertal

Wuppertal (dpa / lnw) - The Autobahn 46 from Düsseldorf in the direction of Wuppertal is completely blocked in the area of ​​the Haan-Ost junction. A car caught fire there due to a technical defect and was blocking the right lane, a spokesman for the highway police said on Wednesday. The fire brigade was on site to extinguish the burning car. Nobody was injured, but a long traffic jam of around ten kilometers in the direction of Wuppertal had already formed in the middle of rush hour. It was not yet clear how long the closure would last.