HAZMAT incident on the Ohio Turnpike

BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) - Hazmat crews were called out to extinguish a semi truck fire early Tuesday morning on the Ohio Turnpike.

This happened around midnight near MP 158.9, by the Sprague Road overpass in Berea.

Officials told 19 News the semi was hauling calcium hypochlorite and became fully engulfed after a brake fire.

Traffic was diverted at Toll Plaza 151, North-Ridgeville-Cleveland, and at Toll Plaza 161, Strongsville-Cleveland, for about an hour.

Agents with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tested the area and gave it the all-clear.

By 3:30 a.m. all westbound lanes were re-opened.

Intermittent lane restrictions remain in place in the eastbound lanes as crews continue cleanup and recovery operations.

The truck driver, a 29-year-old Mississippi man, was not injured.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said the incident remains under investigation.