One person was killed in a massive pile up of nearly 70 vehicles Friday morning on Interstate 94 just 10 miles from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Reuters reported.

The pile up caused by bad weather from icy conditions and low visibility happened around 10 a.m. and set about six cars and semi-trailers on fire. One of the burning semis was carrying hazardous material, according to State Trooper O.J. Hamilton.

Another semi-truck carrying fire-works was near another truck that was on fire, according to Yahoo!

"Emergency crews are working to extract this semi to resolve any further issues," the Michigan State Police said in a statement.

This marks one of the worst weather-related incidents in Michigan after three days of snow hit the Midwest and the East Coast.

I-94 was shut down in both directions during the pile up. The major highway connects the Great Lakes with other mountainous areas. Icy conditions caused accidents in Wisconsin as well and led to road closures.

Cold weather will continue until Sunday according to weather forecasters.

Schools in Chicago and other cities have been closed for two days because wind chill driving temperatures reached as low as 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The schools reopened on Friday.

Temperatures remain below 10 degrees in parts of upper Midwest, the Ohio Valley and New England.

Weather services warned that Michigan would get a foot of snow caused by dangerous windy storms.

New York City had swirls of snow fall Friday morning.

"Lake effect" snow in southwest Michigan impacted motorists with about 70 cars involved in the massive pile up, ABC News reported.

Firefighters struggled with the fire that involved about two cars and four large trucks while one known fatality has been confirmed so far.

A mass of Artic air moving into the United States caused snowflakes as far south as Florida.