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Fire trucks attend truck fire on Sunshine Motorway at Coolum Beach

Coast fire crews have rushed to a truck fire along the Sunshine Motorway, with the incident closing a lane of traffic.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services attend truck fire at Coolum Beach
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services attend truck fire at Coolum Beach

Coast fire crews have rushed to a truck fire along the Sunshine Motorway, with the incident closing a lane of traffic.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said crews were called to the scene at Coolum Beach, just south of the Yandina-Coolum Rd at 7.47am.

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He said one unit attended and were quick to extinguish the blaze, which started in a loader van in the southbound lanes of the motorway.

The spokesman said the sole driver was not injured, but that a lane of traffic was closed as crews work to clear the scene.

It comes after paramedics attended a single vehicle rollover along the Bruce Highway at Coochin Creek at 5.32 on Thursday morning.

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