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Lake Mead ramp on I-15 NB reopens after garbage truck fire

By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
November 24, 2014 - 10:02 am
 
Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond to a garbage truck which caught fire at the Lake Mead Boulevard exit on Interstate 15 northbound in North Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. One lane on the off ramp has been reopened. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond to a garbage truck which caught fire at the Lake Mead Boulevard exit on Interstate 15 northbound in North Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. One lane on the off ramp has been reopened. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol officers respond to a garbage truck which caught fire at the Lake Mead Boulevard exit on Interstate 15 northbound in North Las Vegas on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. One lane on the off ramp has been reopened. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Lake Mead Boulevard exit on Interstate 15 northbound has reopened after a garbage truck caught fire there.

The call came in at 9:06 a.m. Monday, according to Nevada Highway Patrol. One lane of the ramp is open.

No injuries have been reported.

Contact reporter Kimberly De La Cruz at 702-383-0381, kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or on Twitter @KimberlyinLV.

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