Westbound I-84 Closed Near Mountain Home

The Idaho State Police says I-84 westbound is open again east of Mountain Home, several hours after a truck versus truck crash and fire closed traffic each direction.

No one was hurt in the crash…traffic had to be diverted onto Old Highway 30/Business 84 for hours.

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Idaho State Police are investigating a semi-truck crash and fire on I-84, east of Mountain Home. All lanes were closed overnight, and westbound lanes are still closed in the area.

KBOI-2-TV reports the semi ran into a pick-up truck on the side of the road shortly after 11pm Monday night.

Both vehicles caught on fire, but nobody was injured in the crash.

The semi was a Fed-Ex truck, and all the packages were destroyed in the fire which took several hours to put out.

Eastbound lanes are now open, but Westbound lanes are closed around 114 but traffic is being diverted through Old Highway 30.