{"id":343355,"date":"2026-06-19T21:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343355\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:11:44","slug":"houston-traffic-fiery-crash-shuts-down-multiple-lanes-of-i-69-in-montgomery-county-traffic-builds-up-txdot-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343355\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston traffic: Fiery crash shuts down multiple lanes of I-69 in Montgomery County, traffic builds up, TxDOT says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 19, 2026 8:11PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A major crash on the northbound lanes of I-69 at SH 99 forced the closure of multiple main lanes, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The wreck was reported in Montgomery County on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TxDOT said the crash caused a vehicle fire and that crews were working to clean up the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Images shared by TxDOT showed the charred aftermath of a fiery crash on I-69 in Montgomery County.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19332861_061926-ktrk-TN-moco-69-car-fire-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Images shared by TxDOT showed the charred aftermath of a fiery crash on I-69 in Montgomery County.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Images shared by the agency showed the charred remains of the mangled vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TxDOT said motorists should expect delays as the scene will take three or more hours to clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials did not say what led up to the crash or if there were any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, June 19, 2026 8:11PM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A major crash on the northbound lanes of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[122455,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-343355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-122455","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}