For the second time in less than three weeks a truck load of beer has been destroyed and the M1 Motorway has been closed because of a B-double truck fire.
Several crews from Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue, as well as emergency services, were called out on Wednesday night, November 1, to the truck well alight just north of the Mandalong Rd interchange at Morisset.
The M1 was closed southbound from about 7pm for more than two hours with smoke in the area affecting visibility and traffic being diverted through Freemans Dr.
By 9.30pm one lane on the M1 was reopened as the fire had been extinguished and clean-up was in progress.
The truck driver was not injured.
A similar incident occurred in the early hours of October 14 when a B-double truck carrying beer caught alight only a few kilometres further south of the Morisset interchange.
What’s the common denominator? Is it the beer? The turn-off to Morriset? If it happens a third time, we know we’ve got a problem!