Overview

• At 5:41 p.m. on July 8 a vehicle fire in the south tube prompted the Fire Department of New York to close all inbound lanes to Manhattan.
• The Port Authority Bus Terminal was shut down, triggering more than an hour of peak delays across New York and New Jersey before conditions began to improve.
• NJ Transit and PATH are cross-honoring each other’s tickets to help stranded commuters find alternative routes while the tunnel remains partially closed.
• Emergency medical services treated multiple injured commuters at the scene, including one person who was hospitalized, with no fatalities reported.
• Officials report residual delays have fallen to about 20 minutes and expect full traffic normalization by Wednesday morning.