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Highway 1 Closure

Vehicle fire snarls overnight traffic on Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge

Dec 2, 2024 | 5:30 AM

UPDATE (9:00 a.m.): The stretch of Highway 1 between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge reopened.

EARLIER: CACHE CREEK, B.C. — Traffic is halted in both directions on the Trans Canada Highway between Cache Creek and Spences Bridge Monday morning (Dec. 2).

DriveBC first reported of a vehicle fire on the stretch of Highway 1 between Venables Valley Road and Cornwall Road, nearly nine kilometres south of Cache Creek, shortly before 12:00 a.m. Monday.

An assessment is in progress, and a detour is not available. DriveBC says another update is due at 10:00 a.m. Monday.