Crews are working to put out a van that's on fire on Highway 512 at Pioneer Avenue.

Both lanes of westbound Highway 512 and one lane of eastbound Highway 512 are blocked for the activity. The eastbound off-ramp to Pioneer Avenue also is closed.

Firefighters and troopers are on the scene.

UPDATE at 8:15 a.m.: One lane of westbound 512 and the eastbound lane of 512 are back open. The eastbound off-ramp also is open to traffic.

The right lane of westbound 512 continues to be blocked.

UPDATE: All lanes are now open and the burned van has been removed from the scene.

A crash is blocking the right lane of eastbound Highway 16 on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the state DOT reports this morning,

The crash was reported at 10:20 a.m.

Troopers are on the scene. A tow truck is on its way.

UPDATE: The crash has been cleared and all lanes are now open to traffic.

A crash blocked the intersection of northbound State Route 7 at Highway 512 in Parkland for about 15 minutes this morning.

Crews cleared the crash just after 6 a.m. Troopers, medical aid and firefighters responded to the scene.

No more information was available.

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A rollover crash is blocking all lanes of southbound Interstate 5 at Thorne Lane in Lakewood.

Washington State Patrol, state Department of Transportation crews and fire crews are on the scene. The crash happened at 5:25 p.m.

Update: 6:29 p.m.: All lanes are now open.

All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 in Fife are back open this morning after a crash.

The collision, reported just before 6 a.m., blocked two right lanes at the Ardena Curve for about 10 minutes.

Troopers and medical aid responded. Traffic backed up for two miles.

The road has given way to the heat.

Crews believe the record-high temperatures have contributed to a newly-formed sinkhole on State Route 7 in Spanaway, the state Department of Transportation reported.

The right lane of northbound SR 7 is closed at 175th Street South because of the hole. Crews expect to have the lane closed through most of today.

A collision continues to block all lanes of westbound State Route 16 at Pearl Street.

Westbound traffic is routed off the highway at 6th Avenue. The crash happened at 8:20 p.m.

UPDATE: 9:20 p.m.: An Auburn Police Department pursuit ended with a crash on State Route 16, Washington State Patrol Trooper Brandy Kessler said. The officer may be injured, she said.

MORNING UPDATE: The crash was the result of a Auburn police pursuit.

Officers responded to a report of a fight with a gun at a convenience store in the city just before 7:45 p.m. An officer arrived at the scene and spotted a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle suspected of being involved in the incident, Auburn police reported..

The vehicle didn't stop for the officer. The officer pursued the vehicle, police reported.

Officers used a technique to stop the vehicle on Highway 16 in Tacoma. Two suspects were taken into custody.

The officer's patrol car hit a guardrail after performing the technique. The officer was taken to the hospital for treatment, police reported.

Washington State Patrol troopers say a lit cigarette sparked a brush fire in the median of Interstate 5 near Des Moines that clogged up traffic this afternoon.

Several lanes of the highway were closed in both directions are crews battled the flames. Drivers were backed up eight miles doing north and more than four miles heading south.

The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. The blaze is being investigated by the agency's fire and arson unit. Anyone who witnessed a lit cigarette fly out a vehicle going north on I-5 at 200th Street about 1:10 p.m. today is asked to call 206-296-6670.

Troopers ask that drivers keep all lit debris inside their cars, especially on days like today.

"Anyone who is caught throwing lit debris, to include cigarettes, from a vehicle is subject to a minimum $1,024 fine," the State Patrol reported. "King County Troopers would like anyone who witnesses cigarettes or any other lit debris exit a vehicle to please call the WSP at 425-401-7788 and provide the location, direction of travel, vehicle description, and license plate number."

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Firefighters are battling a brush fire in the median of Interstate 5 near Des Moines, the state DOT reports.

The four left lanes of northbound I-5 lanes and the two lanes lanes of southbound I-5 are blocked as crews battle the flames.

The fire broke out shortly after 1 p.m.

UPDATE at 1:48 p.m.: Northbound traffic is backed up about four miles. Southbound drivers are backed up three miles.

UPDATE at 2:17 p.m.: The three far right lanes of southbound I-5 are now open. The two left lanes remained closed.

The northbound back up now extends seven miles; the southbound back up is two and a half miles.

UPDATE as of 2:29 p.m.: Three northbound lanes and three southbound lanes are now open.

The back ups remain.

UPDATE as of 2:42 p.m.: All southbound lanes are now open. Two left lanes of northbound I-5 remained blocked.

Northbound drivers are backed up eight miles; southbound drivers more than four miles.

A man was injured Tuesday night when he stepped in front of a car and was hit on the East Side.

The man's injuries were non-life threatening, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum reports.

The car was eastbound on East 72 Street when a man stepped out in front of the vehicle near McKinley Avenue.

The man went over the car and hit the ground. Officers noted he appeared to be heavily intoxicated, Fulghum said.

The woman driving the car was not cited at the scene.

The state Department of Transportation said a sweeper will drive up northbound Interstate 5 after rush hour tonight to clean up any remaining animal parts from last night.

A rendering truck spilled its load on the interstate near Pacific Avenue on Monday night. Neighbors said the smell today was bad, especially as the day went on and temperatures rose.

It is a moving operation, so no lanes will be closed.

The DOT hopes this will help clear the stench, but a lot of the moisture from the spill seeped into the ground.

"There's really nothing more we can do," DOT spokeswoman Kelly Stowe said, adding even if they could power wash the road, the liquid would still seep into the shoulder.

Two lanes of westbound Highway 512 near the Interstate 5 interchange are blocked this morning by a multiple-vehicle crash, the state DOT reports.

The right lane is open but drivers should expect delays.

The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. Troopers are on the scene.

UPDATE at 9:38 a.m.: The back up extends roughly four miles.

UPDATE at 10:30 a.m.: The crash has been cleared and all lanes are now open to drivers.

WSDOT photo.

Traffic is backed up more than three miles while crews pick up a nasty mess on northbound Interstate 5 at Pacific Avenue.

A rendering truck spilled its load, covering the lanes in animal parts. Traffic is backed up to 56th Avenue. The state Department of Transportation hasn't estimated when the mess will be cleared and all lanes will be open.

UPDATE: 8:53 p.m.: The mess is still covering all lanes of the highway. Traffic is getting by using the shoulder. The state DOT estimates the lanes will stay closed until about 11 p.m.

UPDATED: 9:29 p.m. The state DOT said the department responded to the scene with Incident Response crews, maintenance crews, a loader, a dump truck and two sanding trucks to clean up the mess. Traffic is still backed up about three miles.

A DOT press release states: "Crews report the smell is horrendous."

FINAL UPDATE: The mess was cleared and all lanes reopened to traffic at 10:20 p.m.