Brush fires briefly cause delays on I-76 eastbound near 30th Street Station

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A brush fire on Tuesday caused major delays in the eastbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia.

Chopper 6 was overhead around 4 p.m. as crews worked to extinguish multiple fires on the train tracks.



All eastbound lanes of I-76 were briefly closed between Spring Garden Street and I-676 near 30th Street Station.

The lanes reopened just before 4:30 p.m. as crews assessed the situation on the train tracks.



No further information was immediately available.

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