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Truck fire causes long Toowoomba Range closure

THE Warrego Highway on the down section of the Toowoomba Range was shut for several hours early yesterday after a truck caught on fire.

THE Warrego Highway on the down section of the Toowoomba Range was shut for several hours early yesterday after a truck caught on fire.

Firefighters said the truck, a B-double prime mover, had been carrying onions and water when the cab caught on fire just before 5am yesterday near the road works.

No-one was hurt in the crash.

Firefighters said they left the scene about 9am yesterday, leaving Transpacific to decant the fuel from the truck.

Originally published as Truck fire causes long Toowoomba Range closure

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