No injuries were reported in the impromptu Jan. 3 bonfire at the Harristown Road exit around 4 p.m.
The spectacle thickened the northbound highway with rubberneckers. Motorists on the southbound side slowed, as well.
Firefighters then cut their way into the KIA Rio to kill the battery.
Fair Lawn firefighters were joined by borough police and Glen Rock police and firefighters.
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