(WENY) -- A car caught on fire on I-86 West this afternoon around 2:00 P.M.

Plumes of smoke could be seen in the sky from hundreds of feet away in East Corning and traffic was stopped on the Westbound side of the highway just before the exit 48 ramp.

The car was engulfed in flames near the Chemung/Steuben County line where Big Flats Fire Department responded to the scene.

There is no word at this time on how the fire began or if there were any injuries.