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Tractor Trailer Burns on I-40

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MORRISVILLE — A tractor-trailer truck caught fireThursday afternoon during rush-hour traffic on westbound Interstate-40between Page Road and I-540.

Emergency workers were on the scene at 5 p.m. Traffic was at a virtualstandstill in that vicinity.

Reportedly, the fire began in the engine compartment of the truck.

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