A truck was on fire on the D5 motorway outside Prague. Columns have formed in the area, with one lane iROZHLAS
The D5 motorway on the third kilometer behind Prague towards Pilsen was closed early on Tuesday by a truck fire. Columns were therefore formed on the surrounding roads, including the Prague Ring Road. However, drivers can now drive on the left lane. According to Vlasta Suchánková, a Central Bohemian police spokeswoman, the columns gradually began to move.
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Road workers received a report of a truck fire between the Rudná and Třebonice exits after 4.30. The fire hit the whole car. “The truck driver managed to leave him before the car was engulfed in flames,” she added police spokeswoman Vlasta Suchánková.
The cause was a technical defect in the semi-trailer’s wheel, said Tereza Fliegerová, a spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian fire brigade.
The firefighters got the fire under control at 5.00, then the Prague troops began to leave, but the Central Bohemians continued to extinguish the hidden fires, they also used a special foaming device.
The truck was carrying a variety of shipments. “These were not dangerous substances,” Fliegr said. The damage is according to her estimated at one million crowns.
For more than two hours, the traffic on the D5 was stopped completelyat 7.00 managed to resume operation in one lane. After 8.00, according to police spokeswoman Suchánková, the columns began to move.
Due to the closed highway, some suburban transport connections were delayed, and some buses drove away, according to the Ropid organization. Firefighters yet they anticipate that the restrictions on the highway will last until about 8.30.
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