Aviation Incident: Fire Aboard A73 Aircraft - Heavy Traffic Congestion Ensues
Truck Fire on A73 Near Erlangen Causes Significant Disruption
A truck fire on the A73 near Erlangen on April 17, 2025, caused a significant traffic disruption and necessitated extensive traffic closures and ongoing operations for several hours.
The incident involved a 40-tonner truck carrying 22 tons of motor oil. The driver of the truck noticed the fire at around 10:20 AM and stopped on the hard shoulder. The fire brigade and technical relief agency were swiftly called to the scene, where they unloaded the barrels and extinguished the fire outside.
The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with suspected smoke inhalation, but no new information about their condition was provided in this paragraph. The name of the driver is not available in the provided sources.
The fire necessitated the complete closure of the A73 in both directions for fire-fighting and recovery operations. As of 1:15 PM, two lanes in the direction of Bamberg were reopened to traffic. However, the A73 is likely to remain completely closed in the direction of Feucht for another two to three hours (as of 2:15 PM).
Employees from the Water Management Office have been called to the scene due to significant amounts of oil that have seeped into the soil as a result of the fire. The investigation into the fire is being handled by the Erlangen Traffic Police, who are treating it as a technical fault.
Traffic was being diverted at the Erlangen-Nord junction (towards Nuremberg) and Erlangen-Zentrum junction (towards Bamberg). The Erlangen Professional Fire Brigade, the voluntary fire brigade in Kriegenbrunn, the technical relief agency, and the Erlangen Autobahnmeisterei were present at the scene to support the investigation.
For further inquiries, the press office of the Bavarian Police Headquarters Mittelfranken can be contacted via email at [email protected], by telephone at +49 (0)911 2112 1030 (during office hours) and +49 (0)911 2112 1553 (outside office hours). The press office can also be found online at http://ots.de/P4TQ8h.
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