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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A tractor-trailer carrying John Deere tractors caught fire along I-435 at Shoal Creek Thursday afternoon.

Fire trucks quickly arrived on the scene to put out the blaze.

Police shut down the interstate while crews worked. Traffic was being diverted onto Shoal Creek then back onto I-435.

There is no word on the cause or whether there were any injuries.