A TRUCK carrying bags of charcoal lost much of its load on Saturday after the charcoal caught alight.
The truck was travelling southbound on the N2 and the driver pulled over just south of Richards Bay, having realised his load was on fire.
The driver had reportedly been smoking and it is thought the cigarette butt he flicked out of his window landed onto the charcoal bags.
The combination of wind and heat from the cigarette butt probably caused ignition.
Meditrax EMS was first on scene, but as their extinguishers could not ‘put this braai out’, they contacted the fire department.
‘My crew managed to get most of the lighted charcoal on the truck extinguished, while the driver and his crew pushed bags off,’ said Tracey Coertse, owner of Meditrax EMS.
‘The fire department came out and did the rest.’
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