Authorities said one battery exploded near the shipping port.
With its trailer full of lithium ion batteries too dangerous for firefighters to get close to, an overturned semi truck’s trailer burns on the 47 Freeway in the Port of Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. A truck carrying lithium-ion batteries overturned on the 47 Freeway in San Pedro on Thursday, Sept. 26, sparking a fire and shutting down traffic in both directions between the 110 and 710 freeways.A key ingredient has been missing from California’s wildfires this year.
Details about the cause of the rollover and whether there were any injuries were not immediately available. As of late afternoon, traffic on the 47 Freeway remained at a stand-still going both ways between the 110 and 710 freeways. Harry Bridges Boulevard going toward Anaheim Street was gridlocked, with heavy traffic on Pacific Coast Highway and in Wilmington.
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