Traffic Alert: Portion of Highway 113, Highway 12 closed due to fire

The fire is causing traffic disruptions in the area.

(Photo courtesy Colby Milligan, Graphic by Solano NewsNet)

The California Highway Patrol has issued a SIG ALERT for a stretch of Highway 12 and Highway 113 impacted by a vegetation fire on Friday.

All lanes of Highway 12 between Olson Road and Currie Road, and Highway 113 between McCormack Road and the Highway 12 round-about, is closed to all vehicular traffic.

There is no estimated time of re-opening. The CHP advises motorists to use alternate routes to get to Rio Vista from the west and Fairfield from the east.

The closure comes as firefighters are working on a vegetation fire that damaged a utility pole at the roundabout. The pole is at imminent risk of collapse, according to fire dispatches reviewed by Solano NewsNet.

A crew from Comcast and the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is on scene working to de-energize the lines and repair the power pole. The work is expected to continue through the evening.

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