Fire Erupts in Rear-End Collision Between Trucks on Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway... Extinguished After About 4 Hours

Black smoke is rising from two vehicles that collided on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway.
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At around 5:58 PM, the fire on two vehicles that collided near the Seosang Interchange (IC) on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway in Seosang-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam, was completely extinguished.

According to the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters and the Gyeongnam Police Agency Highway Patrol, at approximately 2:01 PM on the 10th, a 25-ton truck traveling in the Daejeon direction near the Yuksipryeong Tunnel on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway collided with a 5-ton wing body truck in the three-lane one-way section.

As a result of the collision, flames erupted on both vehicles, and the area was covered in thick black smoke as plastic resin carried on the 5-ton truck caught fire.

The driver of the 5-ton truck, Mr. A in his 60s, sustained facial burns and was transported to a hospital.

Firefighters who responded following a report from another passing driver managed to control the major fire by around 3:23 PM and completed extinguishing it after about four hours.

The accident caused traffic congestion over a 5 km stretch of the road.

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the exact cause of the accident.

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