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A rubber expansion joint caught fire on the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Flexible Pipe Joint Connector

Fire crews responded to a section of eastbound Interstate 80 on fire near Treasure Island at 12:01 p.m., CHP officials said.

The expansion joint was flaming and the fire crews closed two lanes of the highway while they put it out.

The lanes remained closed as of about 1 p.m., CHP said.

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