Traffic on eastbound Interstate 8 was tied up for several hours Monday.

At about 2:00 p.m. it was reported the big rig was fully engulfed in flams on the freeway east of Ocotillo. Imperial County Fire, with mutual aid from El Centro Fire, was able to extinguish the blaze but both eastbound lanes were blocked for a time with traffic diverted to State Route 98 for a time. One lane was reported reopened at about 3:00 p.m. but traffic remained backed up until nearly 8:00 p.m. as clean continued. No injuries were reported.