Crews responded to a possible power pole fire that happened near Seattle's Aurora Bridge Tuesday morning. A rift is emerging between the east and west of the EU over what to do with Russia's seized central bank reserves.

All lanes of southbound Aurora Avenue North have reopened after closures jammed Seattle traffic for hours Tuesday morning. Traffic was backed up from Fremont to Queen Anne after a transformer fire closed the lanes near Raye Street,

The George Washington Memorial Bridge in Seattle, also known as the Aurora Bridge, is closed in both directions after a "suspected transformer fire." The Seattle Police Department (SPD) posted about the bridge closure at 5:52 a.