Flaming truck loaded with flammable sealcoating on 128 ties up traffic for miles around - even in Readville

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz found himself slowed to a crawl heading west on 93 south (128 north for you grizzled Boston-area drivers) in Canton shortly before 2:30 p.m. due to a New England Sealcoating truck busy going up in flames on 93 north (the former 128 south), just past the I-95 interchange:

We saw what appeared to be the passengers standing well away while firefighters and cops attended to the fire. The entire eastbound side of the highway was stopped, backed up for at least 3 miles. The traffic was still terrible by 5:30 on our way home, about 1.5 hours on back roads from Newton to Randolph.

Looks like no one was hurt thankfully!

Of course, our back roads weren't designed for highway levels of traffic. Jake, another non-roving UHub photographer, found himself stuck at an intersection that rarely sees traffic:

Normally quiet side streets in Readville are gridlocked as far as the eye can see.