TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — One direction of Interstate 215 on the west end of the Salt Lake Valley was completely closed Wednesday evening after a truck went up in flames.
Utah Highway Patrol said the box truck caught fire on southbound I-215 in Taylorsville, just north of Redwood Road.
All southbound lanes were closed, and traffic was diverted onto 4700 South. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., vehicles stuck in the gridlock on the freeway were seen turning around and heading the other way. By about 7 p.m., all of the vehicles had done so, and the southbound lanes were completely empty…