A truck caught fire in the Plabutsch tunnel towards the field on Thursday. The 43-year-old driver stopped at the next breakdown site near Seiersberg and a short time later the truck caught fire. The result was a total shutdown, but fortunately no one was injured. The cause of the fire is probably an engine failure.
There are violent images of a truck fire in the middle of the highway, which was hardly small: Around 10 a.m., a 43-year-old truck driver was driving in the Plabutsch tunnel on the A9 towards Hügelsheim when he noticed smoke in the exhaust area. With a lot of luck he managed to get out of the tunnel and stopped at a hard shoulder in the Shopping City Seiersberg district.
Complex firefighting activities
A few seconds later the truck was completely engulfed in flames. The volunteer fire brigades Seiersberg and Unterpremstätten rushed to the scene and were able to extinguish the fire after about an hour. But more embers appeared inside, so the Graz fire brigade was called. The final all-clear was not given until 12:10.
Due to the truck fire, the A9 was completely closed in the morning. A diversion was put in place during the firefighting and recovery work; The closure was lifted from 2:45 p.m. Fortunately, all road users escaped unscathed. An engine failure may have caused the fire.
Source: Krone
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