GRAND MOUND, Wash. — Two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 near Grand Mound are blocked early Wednesday morning after a fatal collision that reportedly led to a car being fully engulfed in flames.

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) first posted about the collision at 6:47 a.m. Wednesday, saying the right two lanes of I-5 northbound were blocked. An update from WSDOT at 7:24 a.m. says the right lane is blocked still and backups have reached about two miles to the border of Lewis and Thurston Counties.

The roadway was fully reopened just after 8:10 a.m., WSP announced.

Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper Kameron Watts said that callers were reporting to WSP and fire crews that the vehicle was fully engulfed by flames after the collision.

At 6:58 a.m., Watts said

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