{"id":241114,"date":"2026-01-08T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=241114"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:45:22","slug":"vehicle-fire-shuts-down-i-520-west-at-i-20-in-richmond-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=241114","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Fire Shuts Down I-520 West at I-20 in Richmond County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A vehicle fire closed part of I-520 westbound at Interstate 20 in Richmond County on Thursday morning, backing up traffic as crews worked to clear the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-happening\">What&#8217;s Happening<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Richmond County Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to the fire on Bobby Jones Expressway \u2014 the local name for I-520 \u2014 around midday. Fire crews also arrived to extinguish the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-important\">What&#8217;s Important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic was redirected while emergency crews worked the scene. The sheriff&#8217;s office asked drivers to expect delays and use alternate routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the fire was not immediately released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-still-unknown\">What&#8217;s Still Unknown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What caused the vehicle to catch fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How long the closure lasted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whether the roadway sustained damage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What type of vehicle was involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said more information would be released as it becomes available<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vehicle fire closed part of I-520 westbound at Interstate 20 in Richmond County on Thursday morning, backing up traffic as crews worked to clear the scene. What&#8217;s Happening The Richmond County Sheriff&#8217;s Office responded to the fire on Bobby Jones Expressway \u2014 the local name for I-520 \u2014 around midday. Fire crews also arrived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":241116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[8861,20103,17745],"class_list":["post-241114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-i-20","tag-i-520","tag-vehicle-fire","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}