SAN ANTONIO — UPDATE: The crash scene was cleared by 6:15 a.m.
There was a big backup on the northeast side, where an accident had part of I-35 shutdown near Walzem Road on Tuesday morning. The crash caused a vehicle fire around 4:45 a.m., authorities said.
Some southbound lanes of I-35 between Eisenhauer Road (exit 164) and Rittiman Road (exit 164) are backed up to the I-35/I-410 interchange.
Traffic is being forced to exit to the frontage road at Eisenhauer. The vehicle fire has been extinguished, officials said.