As of: April 6, 2024, 11:46 a.m
By: Katarina Amtmann
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The fire and the cloud of smoke were visible from afar. Six of the eight cars were completely burned out and the damage was immense.
Frickenhofen - There was a major fire department operation on the A3 near Frickenhofen on Friday, April 5th. A car transporter caught fire. The incident happened on the A3 in the direction of Nuremberg between the Neumarkt-Ost and Neumarkt junctions.
Car transporter burns on the A3 near Neumarkt: large-scale deployment of the fire brigade
As Daniel Gottschalk, press spokesman for the fire departments in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate, reported to
Vifogra
, the fire departments were alerted to the fire at around 5:11 p.m. “A car transporter loaded with eight cars caught fire in the front area of the tractor. “The fire spread to the tractor itself and to the loaded cars,” said the firefighter. The alarm was raised promptly because, among other things, more forces were needed to cool the vehicles and extinguish the embankment.
Both lanes of the motorway were closed to protect the emergency services and because the heavy smoke was causing visibility obstructions.
A car transporter caught fire on the A3. © vifogra / Haubner (Collage: Merkur.de)
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Car transporter burns on A3: extensive property damage
According to Gottschalk, six of the eight vehicles were completely burned out. “According to current knowledge, these are relatively new vehicles,” reports the firefighter. The cars in the front area were probably hybrid vehicles.
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According to Vifogra
, the police expect
property damage of around 500,000 euros. The cause could have been a technical defect.
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