Traffic recommends drivers opt for alternative routes such as the A-2 or the N-II
A spectacular fire in a truck on the AP-7, near the municipality of Vilablareix (Girona), is complicating the circulation on this motorway in the direction of France, where two of the four lanes have been closed since early this Thursday.
As reported by the Catalan Traffic Service, the AP-7 registers about two kilometers of queues at the point where the fire of this truck has occurred, whose load of clothes has completely burned.
ℹ They have removed the truck on fire and the truck
ℹ There is a lane tallat per #obres ferm repair urgent
? It is maintained 2 km #withholdings to Vilablareix ➡ France
— Transit (@transit) January 5, 2023
Members of the Generalitat Fire Brigade have already considered the fire extinguished, which they have put out with foam, and They now proceed to remove the burned load.
Nevertheless, It is expected that the removal tasks of the wrecked truck, which will be carried out with a gondola crane, will last for about four hours.
Given the complexity of these tasks, Traffic recommends drivers to opt for alternative routes such as the A-2 or the N-II.
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In addition to the truck, the fire has also affected part of the highway shoulder where the accident occurred.
The Generalitat Fire Department currently maintains four departments of the body.