{"id":806356,"date":"2026-08-08T02:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806356\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:32:18","slug":"penndot-section-of-parkway-east-closed-after-vehicle-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/806356\/","title":{"rendered":"PennDOT: Section of Parkway East closed after vehicle catches fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PennDOT: Section of Parkway East closed after vehicle catches fire<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/853c053a-375d-4f49-afda-568da22e36ea_1727472834.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Caitlyn Scott\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Traffic was stalled along part of the Parkway East Friday night after a vehicle caught fire. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">PennDOT cameras showed large amounts of smoke billowing from a vehicle along I-376 East near the Greensburg Pike exit. (View photo below) <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57e2688a-8bd0-4094-b6dd-6700b35e9f0c.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/57e2688a-8bd0-4094-b6dd-6700b35e9f0c.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Officials said due to the fire, eastbound I-376 Parkway East is closed to traffic between the Greensburg Pike (Exit 79A) and the Churchill (Exit 79B) interchanges. Drivers should use alternate routes. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">As of 10 p.m., multiple first responders remained on the scene. It is unclear if any injuries were reported.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">This is a developing story. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow nofollow nofollow\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PennDOT: Section of Parkway East closed after vehicle catches fire ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 Traffic was stalled along&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,342282,10112,45645,10070,235483,342280,451,342281,72351,118474,45880,3,45641,15615,85118,452,453,2987,10129],"class_list":["post-806356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-churchill","tag-driver","tag-exit","tag-fire","tag-greensburg-pike","tag-greensburg-pike-exit","tag-headlines","tag-i-376-east","tag-interchange","tag-large-amount","tag-multiple-first-responder","tag-news","tag-parkway-east","tag-penndot","tag-section","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-traffic","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}