UPDATE: Vehicle fire on Highway 97 causing delays

UPDATE: As of 4:48 p.m., the road has been cleared between the Chetwynd Pulpmill Road and McClarity Subdivision, 27 kilometres north of Chetwynd according to DriveBC.

CHETWYND, B.C. — Madonna Saunderson, RCMP media relations officer, says a call came into the Chetwynd RCMP detachment at 10:56 a.m. on Wednesday morning with reports of a vehicle on fire on the Pine River bridge.

The incident is blocking traffic in both directions.

Saunderson said, “No indication that there’s a crash. There’s no indication that it’s not a crash.”

Reports state that the driver got out of the car and drivers are waiting for crews to put out the vehicle fire.

CLOSED – #BCHwy97N in both directions in #EastPine due to a vehicle incident. Assessment in progress, expect delays. Estimated opening time unavailable. Info: https://t.co/Fro5BJiWSb

— DriveBC NE (@DriveBC_NE) September 14, 2022

The Chetwynd RCMP had no additional information at the time of writing.