A truck fire on the lower level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge temporary shut down traffic in both directions for a few hours Friday.

The fire begun at 11:08 a.m., according to the FDNY, and no injuries have been reported.

The blaze was under control as of about 1 p.m., according to officials.

Look closely and you can see cyclists still
passing on the lower deck, odd they didn’t close that yet… #NYC pic.twitter.com/PFrH9cPrEf

— Dave McCrory (@mccrory) August 16, 2013

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