Feuerinferno on the A9: truck driver saves himself, cheese in flames!

Feuerinferno on the A9: truck driver saves himself, cheese in flames!

A dramatic truck fire on the A9 between the shoots and the field caused massive traffic disruptions on Thursday evening! The 62-year-old Greek truck driver noticed a coat of tire around 9 p.m. and stopped on the breakdown strip. But soon he found that the right tire was on fire. Try to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher yourself failed. Instead, the fire quickly spread to the on -board walls and threatened to set the entire vehicle on fire. In order to save the towing vehicle, the driver saddled the upright and drove a few meters away, as ORF reports.

The Situation quickly escalated: a subsequent road user alerted the emergency services and the Rottenmann fire brigade was immediately on site. Although the fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire quickly, the saddle tractor remained badly damaged, and the 22 tons of cheese on board were completely ruinized. Fortunately, the driver was unharmed, but the A9 was completely closed for several hours during the extinguishing and cleanup. A detour was set up, so that road users had to find alternative ways, as can be experienced at Meinzirk.at.