A car fire during the morning rush hour brought traffic to a standstill on Route 1 between Smyrna and Townsend on Thursday, November 1, 2018. The front half of the car was engulfed in flames when firefighters from Townsend and Odessa fire companies arrived at the scene. Delaware Department of Transportation workers and the Delaware State Police shut down the northbound lanes for nearly a half hour while the flames were extinguished. Southbound traffic was reduced to one lane jamming traffic in that direction as well. No injuries were reported.