A significant portion of  I-1-95  after EX 14A - Rt 24 South was blocked for much of Thursday after a tractor trailer fire in an accident that happened during the mid morning and took much of the day to put out. 

The driver of the tractor trailer was able to off load some of the cardboard that was headed to a recycling facility, while some of it caught fire, along with nearby brush that was also on fire. 

The fire was out around 5:30pm, and traffic backups of well over 40 minutes were finished just before 6pm. 

The photo that accompanies this story first appeared on the website for NBC 10 Providence.