PHOTO: Driving into New Orleans was a challenge Monday. I-10 East was closed around 9:40 a.m. due to a vehicle fire. Congestion lasted for hours as officials diverted traffic onto US 51. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore says he was involved in the crash and walked away. A second vehicle fire broke out on the same stretch of highway, nearer the I-310/I-10 split. Traffic was once again diverted onto US 51.