Truck fire on the A3: Huge traffic jam to Reifenplatzer in Bad Camberg!

Truck fire on the A3: Huge traffic jam to Reifenplatzer in Bad Camberg!

On July 12, 2025, a dramatic truck fire occurred on the A3 motorway towards Cologne, which caused a long traffic jam. The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m. at the Bad Camberg- Ost. The cause was a tire place on the right side of the trailer of a Polish saddle train, which quickly led to a fire in the area of the axes. The flames spread quickly, but could be prevented by the prudent driver to attack the tractor, such as fireworld.at.

The first attempts at extinguishing were taken by a radio patrol of the Wiesbaden motorway police, which arrived at the scene a short time later, but without success. Soon afterwards, the fire brigades from Bad Camberg and Erbach intervened in the extinguishing work and were able to quickly control the fire. The property damage to the semi -trailer is estimated at around 50,000 euros. The charge, which included several boxes of beer, was created additional damage of around 3,000 to 5,000 euros, which is now being controlled by an accidental commissioner fnp.de.

traffic disruptions and effects

Due to the fire, the Cologne directional lane was completely closed for one hour. Even after the extinguishing work, parts of the road for cleaning up until around 3 p.m. This necessary blocking led to considerable traffic disorders, since the highway is an important traffic route in the region.

In this incident, parallels are drawn to other truck fires that have caused similar situations in the past. For example, there was a big fire on Autobahn 24 when up to three trucks were involved in an accident. There were also extensive extinguishing measures and blocks to control the situation, such as Feuerwehrmagazin.de described.