Police diverted traffic onto State Road 22, about five miles south of the incident.
GRANT COUNTY, Ind. — A vehicle fire involving a semi-tractor-trailer hauling animals, including camels and zebras, closed both northbound lanes of Interstate 69 early Saturday morning.
Indiana State Police responded to the incident around 2 a.m. near Marion.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) shared pictures on Facebook of officers rescuing the animals and holding them off to the side of I-69.
An alert from the Indiana Department of Transportation said the animals were travelling on the interstate.
ISP says the crash closed all northbound lanes, and southbound lanes were down to just one lane.
All animals were contained and accounted for around 3:30 a.m., according to ISP, and all of the animals involved were rescued safely, according to GCSO.
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