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Truck fire jams US 101 near Santa Barbara for hours

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A truck fire caused a massive hours-long traffic jam on northbound U.S. Highway 101 along the south Santa Barbara County coast. The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District tells KEYT the 5 a.m. Thursday fire in the Summerland area involved a semi loaded with green beans. One northbound lane was reopened several hours later but the second lane did not reopen until around 2 p.m.

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