Overview

• Fire crews and state police units responded shortly after 7 a.m. to an electric vehicle fire just west of the Prudential Tunnel on I-90 westbound
• Authorities have closed the highway at mile marker 133 and diverted all traffic as firefighters work through complex battery suppression
• Boston Fire Department crews are using foam-based tactics to contain the lithium-ion fire that can reignite without thorough extinguishing
• Debris from the burning vehicle led to multiple secondary collisions on the closed stretch of roadway
• State police also addressed a separate fatal crash near the Sumner Tunnel that has compounded morning commute disruptions