Bad Salzuflen (dpa / lnw) - A truck fire on Thursday morning on the A2 near Bad Salzuflen in the direction of Hanover caused a kilometer-long traffic jam.

A car transporter caught fire between the Ostwestfalen / Lippe and Herford / Bad Salzuflen junctions for reasons that were still unexplained.

Nobody was injured, as the Bielefeld police reported.

Eight transported cars were damaged.

The police estimated the damage to property at a five-figure sum.