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I-15 reopens in Arizona near Nevada border after brush fire closure

This undated image from video shows vehicles on Interstate 15 traveling through the Virgin Rive ...
This undated image from video shows vehicles on Interstate 15 traveling through the Virgin River Gorge. (Courtesy, Arizona Department of Transportation)
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By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 4, 2019 - 3:39 pm
 
Updated July 4, 2019 - 4:13 pm

A brush fire that closed a section of Interstate 15 Thursday afternoon northeast of Mesquite was quickly controlled, allowing traffic to resume on the major artery, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

A section of I-15 was closed in both directions just south of the Utah-Arizona border, according to a tweet from the department posted about 2:30 p.m. The section is about 30 miles northeast of Mesquite, and about 110 miles from Las Vegas.

The highway reopened around 3:30 p.m., the department said.

The highway was closed to allow a helicopter to drop water on a brush fire near the highway, the department said.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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