JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Mahoning County, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a vehicle fire that backed up westbound traffic along Interstate 76 in Jackson Township.

Passers-by told dispatchers that a Nissan Rogue SUV was burning along westbound I-76, about a mile east of the Bailey Road interchange just after 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Traffic was backed up beyond the Ohio Turnpike.

Both westbound lanes were closed for just under a half hour until the fire could be put out.  One of the lanes reopened just after 6 a.m.

The fire destroyed the SUV.

The driver wasn't injured.