Vehicle Fire Shuts Down New York City's Queensboro Bridge

A truck caught on fire and sent plumes of thick, black smoke into the air on New York City's Queensboro Bridge Friday morning. WINS Traffic NYC reported that the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. Truck fire on Queensboro Bridge. There was no explosion. No injuries have been reported. pic.twitter.com/wDBGImV4GZ -- Shimon Prokupecz (@shimon4ny) August 16, 2013 The fire was pretty intense: Traffic near the bridge is backed up, and both the upper and lower levels of the bridge were closed as fir...