{"id":497930,"date":"2022-10-03T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T03:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/car-fire-shuts-down-holland-tunnel-fills-it-with-smoke\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T03:12:08","slug":"car-fire-shuts-down-holland-tunnel-fills-it-with-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/car-fire-shuts-down-holland-tunnel-fills-it-with-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"#Car fire shuts down Holland Tunnel, fills it with smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df3b563c02\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df3b563c02\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/car-fire-shuts-down-holland-tunnel-fills-it-with-smoke\/#%E2%80%9CCar_fire_shuts_down_Holland_Tunnel_fills_it_with_smoke%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Car fire shuts down Holland Tunnel, fills it with smoke&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCar_fire_shuts_down_Holland_Tunnel_fills_it_with_smoke%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Car fire shuts down Holland Tunnel, fills it with smoke&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A car became engulfed in flames as it drove through the Holland Tunnel Sunday night, shutting down traffic and filling the south tube with smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The sedan, which was heading toward the city, caught fire around 9 p.m., the Port Authority said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities blocked all lanes going from New Jersey to lower Manhattan for roughly an hour, snagging weekend traffic returning to the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le. <\/p>\n<p>Dramatic video from inside the 1.6-mile tunnel shows flames shoot out of the sedan as a wall of dark, opaque smoke obscures the exit.<\/p>\n<p>People stepped out of their cars \u2014 parked bumper to bumper on the road \u2014 to get a peek of the smoky scene as all visible traffic was stalled, another video shows. <\/p>\n<p>The red and blue lights of an emergency vehicle bounced off the ceiling tiles of the tunnel,  as first responders attempted to put out the fire, according to the footage. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?w=899\" alt=\"People step out of their cars parked inside the Holland Tunnel to observe a car on fire in the tunnel.\" class=\"wp-image-24097356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1798 1798w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1348 1348w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=899 899w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=449 449w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\"\/><figcaption>New York-bound traffic inside the Holland Tunnel was stopped for about an hour Sunday night after a car caught fire in the south tube.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Carlos Toro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?w=590\" alt=\"People step out of their cars parked inside the Holland Tunnel to observe a car on fire in the tunnel.\" class=\"wp-image-24097375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1180 1180w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=885 885w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=590 590w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=295 295w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/car-fire-holland-tunnel-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"\/><figcaption>The tunnel filled with dark smoke as drivers parked their cars and stepped out to observe the hold-up. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Carlos Toro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The south tube was reopened just one hour before it was scheduled to close again for repair work. <\/p>\n<p>The New York-bound tube was closed at 11 p.m. Sunday and was expected to reopen at 5 a.m. Monday morning due to ongoing Hurricane Sandy-related repairs. <\/p>\n<p>The scheduled shutdown is part of overnight closures that began in April 2020 and are expected to continue through 2024 in order to make much-needed repairs and storm resiliency improvements. <\/p>\n<p>The Holland Tunnel, which runs underneath the Hudson River, was flooded by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 with roughly 30 million gallons of water. 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