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Driver suffers smoke inhalation after fire in truck on N.B. highway

Published on April 22, 2009; Published on January 3, 2010
The Canadian Press ~ The News

Topics :: Trans-Canada Highway , Canadian Emergency Transport Centre , FREDERICTON

FREDERICTON - A truck driver was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire in his rig near Fredericton.

The fire broke out Monday evening in the cab of the tractor-trailer, carrying fertilizer, on the Trans-Canada Highway.

Oromocto fire Chief Jody Price says the fire was spreading to the trailer and its contents, so they called a chemist with the Canadian Emergency Transport Centre.

Price says the fertilizer was non-explosive, but could produce toxic smoke.

There's no word on what caused the fire.

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