PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — UPDATE: The left northbound lane of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is now open.
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers and fire rescue crews responded Monday morning to a vehicle fire that has shut down northbound Interstate 275 on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
FHP said the fire involved a Verizon work van near mile marker 11. Due to heavy smoke, all northbound traffic is blocked in the area.
No injuries were reported.
Saudi flight from Tampa, secret FBI probe reveal possible Saudi support network for 9/11 hijackers
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, more than 80,000 records compiled by the Tampa FBI Field Office remain classified. Newly declassified documents are pointing to a possible secret Saudi support network for the hijackers. Soon after the attacks, the FBI uncovered that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
