Charente-Maritime: The Trailer of a Truck Ignites, The A10 Closed
ACCIDENT:The A 10 motorway is closed in both directions of traffic this Friday near Mirambeau in Charente-Maritime
The A 10 motorway is closed in both directions of traffic this Friday near Mirambeau in Charente-Maritime, about thirty kilometres north of the Bordeaux area.
According to Bison Futé, the closure of this section of the A10 motorway follows a fire that occurred around 1 p.m. in the direction of Bordeaux / Paris.
According to several sources, it was the trailer of a road complex that caught fire. The trailer may contain hazardous material, in this case, ammonitrate, a nitrogen fertilizer, which poses a risk of explosion.
The driver was not injured but the flames reached the vegetation along the highway.
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