A vehicle fire inside the south side of the Lincoln Tunnel is causing traffic delays during the Thursday afternoon rush hour, according to officials.
The fire, reported at 3 p.m. at the Weehawken entrance, was put out within 13 minutes, a spokesperson from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.
The ventilation fans in the tunnel “worked as designed,” according to a spokesperson, and assisted in containing the fire. Responding to the fire was the Port Authority Police Department and New York City Fire Department…