Monday,
20 May 2024
Fire engulfs truck, stops train, causes $250,000 damage

A TRUCK fire on the Hume Freeway at Boralma on Monday afternoon closed both northbound lanes, stopped a passenger train and sparked CFA crews into action to stop a grassfire.

A CFA spokesperson said Wangaratta, Wangaratta North, Eldorado, Bowser and Springhurst tankers responded to the fire emergency around 3.37pm, battling for 30 minutes to extinguish the truck, completely engulfed by flames, and ...

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