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The 5:20 p.m. blaze broke out in front of Porcelanosa, near the Lake Street exit, and spread to power lines that dropped onto the highway.
Northbound traffic was backed for miles well past rush hour.
It became clogged on the southbound side when police temporarily shut that, too, just after 6:30 p.m.
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