Updated 6:12 p.m.
All lanes now open.
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Updated 4:38 p.m.
VDOT says Interstate 81 southbound is still partially blocked by a three truck crash and fire, that happened this morning.
Our NBC affiliate WVIR tells us a tractor trailing hauling Vitamin Water, along with two utility trucks, crashed near the Greenville exit in Augusta County around 7:00 a.m.
One truck smashed through a guardrail, and crashed down a hill. The crash closed all southbound lanes of I-81 for most of the morning.
The trucks were on their way to Ohio from Chesapeake, to help with storm cleanup.
As of last check at 4:38 p.m., VDOT says the right southbound lane and right shoulder of I-81 are still closed. Traffic is backed up 6 miles.
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Updated 4:13 p.m.
VDOT says traffic is backed up 8 miles. Right southbound lane and right shoulder of I-81 still blocked.
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Updated 1:55 p.m.
Traffic backed up 5 miles
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Updated 1:20 p.m.
VDOT now says the right southbound lane, and right shoulder are blocked.
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Updated 11:40 a.m.
There's a 4 mile traffic backup.
Detour established at Brookwood exit, four miles before the Greenville exit.
Posted 9:54 a.m., Updated 10:59 a.m. with pictures & video
VDOT says an accident has closed all Southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Augusta County, about 7 miles north of the Rockbridge County line.
According to our NBC affiliate, WVIR, a truck hauling Vitamin Water caught fire.
More information as it becomes available.
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