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Trailer containing eggs catches fire on I-70

By Danny Connolly,

17 hours ago

MONTROSE, Ill. (WCIA) — Multiple agencies responded to a semi-truck transporting eggs that caught on fire on I-70 near Montrose on Sunday afternoon.

It happened around 1:45 p.m. near mile marker 104 on I-70. State Police said it started as a break fire and then spread. Firefighters with the Teutopolis Fire Protection District said the truck’s driver was able to disconnect the tractor from the trailer before they arrived on scene.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=40eRgl_0v9vso3H00 — Photo courtesy of Teutopolis Fire Protection District via Facebook

No one was hurt in the incident. Firefighters cleared the scene before 4 p.m.

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