ORANGE COUNTY, Fla – A car fire had two eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 blocked near the exit for State Road 528, the Beachline, in Orange County, according to a Twitter post from the Florida Department of Transportation.
Video from the DOT’s cameras showed thick plumes of black smoke billowing into the air from the fire.
Thomas Mates is a Streaming Executive Producer for News 6 and ClickOrlando.com. He also produces the podcast Florida Foodie. Thomas is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania and worked in Portland, Oregon before moving to Central Florida in August 2018. He graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism in 2010.