Eastbound I-70 closed near Rifle for vehicle fire

Eastbound Interstate is closed Monday morning near Rifle for a carriage fire according to the Colorado Department of Transportation Related Articles DIA ground stop lifted thunderstorms delay more than flights Denver roads near Capitol closed amid Good Trouble Lives On demonstration Ground delay at Denver International Airport derails hundreds of flights Mount Blue Sky work began again this week road should reopen on schedule in representatives say Over flights delayed canceled at DIA for thunderstorms As of a m eastbound I- was closed between exit for Rifle and exit for Colorado according to state transportation bureaucrats Information on the cause of the fire and when the highway is expected to reopen was unavailable This is a progressing story and will be updated Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter