AUGLAIZE COUNTY, Ohio (WLIO) - A portion of Interstate 75 northbound closed for several hours after a semi-trailer fire earlier Thursday morning. 

The Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer malfunction just before 8 a.m. caused the trailer to catch fire. The driver was able to detach the trailer and was not injured. Northbound I-75 remained closed between exit 113 and 122 until 1 p.m. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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