Semi-trailer fire shuts down eastbound 16th Avenue

Police say traffic expected to be rerouted until at least noon

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Caption: Motorists are advised to avoid the area and take alternate routes. (Suzanne Waddell/CBC)

An incident involving a semi-trailer on 16th Avenue at Stoney Trail snarled traffic Sunday morning.
According to EMS, a semi-trailer caught on fire just below Canada Olympic Park shortly after 6 a.m. on the eastbound side of the road.
The Stoney Trail ramp onto eastbound 16th Avenue N.W.was closed for several hours. Sixteenth Avenue re-opened late in the afternoon.
No one was injured.