The firefighters of the Generalitat have extinguished this Monday morning five vehicles set on fire in the trailer of a truck that transported them through the AP-7 at the height of Gelida (Alt Penedès, Barcelona).
In a tweet, the body explained that they received the incident notice around 9:49 p.m., when the fire burned the five vehicles and eight crews traveled to the scene.
A fire will affect the trailer of a truck that transported vehicles to the AP-7, to Gelida (above 9:49 p.m.). The foc will cremate 5 vehicles and the driver will be at this time @semgencat per smoke inhalation
Hi vam treballar 8 endowments #bomberscat pic.twitter.com/KwW8U67IFV— Bombers (@bomberscat) May 3, 2022
Also, the driver of the truck was treated by the Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques (SEM).
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sources of Catalan Transit Service (SCT) have explained that two lanes they were cut off to traffic “due to the magnitude of the flames” and that they have remained closed all night, creating retentions.
This Tuesday morning reopened one of the lanes, and around 11:30 a.m. traffic has returned to normal.