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All northbound lanes reopened on SR 7 in Parkland after car fire

Feb 27, 2025, 12:56 PM | Updated: 12:59 pm

A car fire has shut down all lanes heading north on SR 7. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)...

A car fire has shut down all lanes heading north on SR 7. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)

(Photo courtesy of WSDOT)

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BY FRANK SUMRALL


MyNorthwest Lead Editor

All lanes on State Route 7 (SR 7) heading north were blocked off for several minutes due to a car fire in the right-hand lane.

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The car accident and subsequent road closure occurred at the offramp from SR 7 to State Route 512 (SR 512) in Parkland.

After approximately 30 minutes, the lanes reopened.

Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest and producer of the Seattle Seahawks podcast, The Reset with Gee Scott. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.

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