‘Precious cargo’ up in smoke as truck rolls, burns on Gateway
A semi-trailer carrying hundreds of rolls of toilet paper caught fire in Brisbane overnight, leaving emergency crews battling to save its “precious cargo”.
The B-double semi-trailer caught fire on the north-bound lane of the Gateway Bridge just before 10:00pm requiring two fire crews to extinguish it.
“This is not overly common, particularly around the city areas but the main thing is no-one got hurt tonight and we’ve been able to save quite a lot of toilet paper,” fire officer Justin Francis said.
The blaze comes as supermarket aisles across the country are stripped of toilet paper over fears coronavirus will lead to households being placed in isolation.
“There was quite an interesting fuel load on this particular vehicle as we believe toilet paper is quite precious at the moment, so we’ve been able to save half the load on this particular truck,” he said.
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The driver managed to escape the cabin and was unharmed.
Francis said the fire looked to have been caused by a mechanical fault.
All lanes on the bridge have now been reopened.
– ABC / Holly Richardson
