UPDATE: Car Fire Closes I-275 Ramp

Update posted at 9:26 a.m.:

 

The ramp from U.S. 50 to I-275 in Greendale reopened at about 9:20 a.m. The scene has been cleared following an earlier vehicle fire. 

 

 

Original story posted at 9:01 a.m.:

 

(Greendale, Ind.) – Motorists will have to find another way to get on Interstate 275 Wednesday morning.

 

Dearborn County dispatchers say a car caught fire on the on-ramp from U.S. 50 to I-275 just before 9:00 a.m.

 

Nobody was believed to be hurt in the fire.

 

The vehicle fire has closed the on-ramp to drivers heading towards Kentucky or Ohio. It is unknown when the ramp may reopen.

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