All lanes open on LIE after car fire, cops say

All lanes of the Long Island Expressway are open at exit 51 after a car fire on the westbound shoulder of the roadway.

Photos from the scene show a sedan engulfed in heavy flames as volunteers with the Dix Hills Fire Department work to extinguish the blaze.

The fire was reported about 9:30 a.m. and the occupants escaped from the vehicle, according to Suffolk County Police. No further details were immediately available.

By Vera Chinese

vera.chinese@newsday.com@VeraChinese

Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.