VIDEO: Truck fire full of avocadoes closes Hwy 401 in Mississauga
Published June 5, 2022 at 3:20 pm
Highway 401 eastbound in Mississauga is entirely blocked at Winston Churchill Blvd. due to a transport truck on fire.
You can see the smoke from the fire as far as the Highway 410.
The fire is just east of Winston Churchill Blvd. directly on the highway and started at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services and Peel Regional Police are on the scene.
Police say a transport truck loaded with avocadoes is fully engulfed in flames.
UPDATE: There is currently one lane getting by eastbound on Hwy 401 and Winston Churchill access is closed. There are no injuries.
Here is video footage of the fire:
— Advanced Rescue by DIMERSAR (@DIMERSAR) June 5, 2022
Update: One lane EB #Hwy401/Winston Churchill is open. No access Winston Churchill. Heavy delays in the area. Clean up ongoing, no injuries. pic.twitter.com/eXZ13hkt7b
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) June 5, 2022
