Portion of East St. Bernard Highway at Violet closed for several hours because of an accident involving a fire

A portion of East St. Bernard Highway at Violet was expected to be closed for several hours Thursday because of an accident involving two trucks which caused a fire requiring clean-up, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

The Sheriff Office is re-routing traffic for a half-mile section of the road between Meraux Lane and Valmar Drive.

State Police is handling the investigation of the crash between two trucks which resulted in the fire, the sheriff said.