Sanitation truck catches fire on Hwy. 400 in Barrie
Your morning commute may have gone into the sewer Tuesday morning, thanks to a vehicle fire on Highway 400.
Around 9 a.m. on Aug. 7, emergency crews responded to a truck fire on the northbound 400, just south of the Mapleview Drive exit, in Barrie. A K. Winter sanitation truck caught fire on the shoulder of the 400, forcing the right and middle lanes to close.
Thick black smoke could be seen billowing for kilometres, and the heat from the fire could be felt by drivers as they passed by in the left lane.
Check Simcoe.com for more on this developing story as information becomes available.