All I-95 lanes in Martin County reopen after brush fire causes closure

UPDATE:

#MartinCounty wildfire off I-95. Cause= a person trespassing on private property in a truck got stuck in dry grass. Dry grass caught on fire pic.twitter.com/UCZrNrTwc7

— FFS Okeechobee (@FFS_Okeechobee) May 8, 2017

All lanes have reopened after a brush fire caused closures in both directions in Martin County Sunday afternoon. The Florida Forest Service says the fire is 80 percent contained as of 6 p.m. Sunday.

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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. -- A brush fire on I-95 in Martin County has northbound lanes closed at Kanner Highway and southbound lanes closed at S.R. 714.

Martin County Fire Rescue says the fire covers 15 acres, burning on the north side of I-95.

There are 3 brush trucks and 3 bulldozers from Florida Forest Service on scene.