Brush fire covers I-5 with smoke in south Tacoma, backs up traffic
A brush fire Sunday along Interstate 5 sent smoke over the freeway at South 56th Street and slowed traffic for over an hour.
Tacoma fire crews extinguished the blaze just before 8 p.m.
The fire was on the east side of the freeway.
Craig Sailor: 253-597-8541, @crsailor
This story was originally published September 3, 2017 at 7:00 PM with the headline "Brush fire covers I-5 with smoke in south Tacoma, backs up traffic."