(BCN) -- The California Highway Patrol reported at least one death Tuesday early morning after a man set up a fire on Interstate 980 (I-980) in Oakland.
According to the state agency, the fire was first reported under the freeway at 1:25 a.m.
The highway patrol said the Oakland Fire Department saw a man setting up the fire on the westbound lane of I-980 near the 17th Street off-ramp.
Firefighters eventually located a burnt victim with head trauma at the off-ramp, the CHP said, prompting the state agency to shut down the highway's westbound lane near the off-ramp. They confirmed the fatality on the westbound lane near 14th Street, according to the CHP.
The eastbound 17th Street off-ramp was ordered closed and a Sig-alert issued. CHP said it requested Caltrans for a hard closure near the area.
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