Troopers responded to a report of a smoking car that quickly caught fire in the northbound lanes on the inner roadway near milepost 61.9 in Robbinsville Township just before 1:45 p.m., NJSP spokesperson Brandi Slota told DailyVoice.com.
Local fire crews were called to the scene to douse the blaze, Slota said.
The right lane remained closed as of 2:30 p.m., Slota said.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
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