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"There was no BART strike today, but a big rig carrying Asian food\u00A0supplies caught fire just west of the Bay Bridge early Monday morning, creating a traffic nightmare for commuters heading into San Francisco.All westbound lanes of I-80 reopened just before 3:30 p.m.The truck was driving west across the bridge around 5:45 a.m. when\u00A0a front tire blew out, California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Ferguson said.The big rig driver was able to pull over to the right shoulder of\u00A0the highway, just west of Fremont Street, and when he got out, he discovered\u00A0that smoke was coming from underneath the vehicle, Ferguson said.The truck then became engulfed in flames.The blaze was\u00A0extinguished more than an hour later, at 6:53 a.m., San Francisco fire\u00A0officials said. No one was injured.The two right lanes of westbound Highway 80 were closed for\u00A0hours, and a third lane also was blocked late Monday morning while crews\u00A0removed diesel fuel from the vehicle, cleaned up the scene and worked to move\u00A0the big rig from the roadway, Ferguson said.He said the truck was carrying Asian food supplies such as fish,\u00A0sushi and rice, and that the food had absorbed much of the water used to put\u00A0out the fire, making the truck heavier.The CHP had initially hoped to have the highway cleared by noon,\u00A0but even that was delayed by about three hours.Authorities encouraged motorists to seek alternate routes.Click here to sign up for KCRA breaking news alerts.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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