VIDEO: Car bursts into flames on Airline Highway Friday

BATON ROUGE – Video shared with WBRZ Friday afternoon showed a raging car fire on the side of Airline Highway.

The blaze slowed traffic during the lunch rush. Click HERE to monitor conditions.

The fire was in a southbound lane just after Jefferson. Traffic was stopped to nearly Coursey/Bluebonnet.

Video shared with WBRZ showed the car ablaze and a picture showed firefighters rushing to put the fire out.

No injuries have been reported and information about the cause has not been released.

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