Update, 7:00 p.m.: Crews finished clearing the scene, Shepherd told The News Tribune. The roadway is reopened.
Original story: A brush fire is burning next to northbound State Route 7 on Tuesday evening, according to the Tacoma Fire Department.
Tacoma Fire responded to reports of a brush fire at 4:45 p.m. near where eastbound 38th Street loops onto northbound SR-7, spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd told The News Tribune…