A TRUCK which caught fire on the M7 Highway on Friday afternoon resulted in only minor injuries to the driver.
Shortly after 1pm on Friday, 7 August, reports of a truck ablaze on the highway began to circulate on traffic report WhatsApp groups.
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According to the Queensburgh Fire Department station commander on duty, by 2pm the fire was under control and both lanes of the road were open to traffic.
“Metro police are still in attendance and currently the scene is awaiting a tow truck to remove the front end of the truck which is the only part that was on fire. The cargo was unaffected,” said station commander Shaun Singh.
Singh said the truck trailer was carrying a product called manganese but it had not been affected by the fire.
Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels.
“There was one green code patient who was the driver, who suffered from minor smoke inhalation,” said Singh. “The brigade used water to extinguish the fire in the cab.”
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Foam was used to extinguish the fire in the diesel tank.
“The truck cab which was still on the scene was off on the left hand emergency lane waiting to be towed away and caused minimal disruption to traffic flow,” said Singh.
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