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Lehrte (dpa / lni) - A semi-trailer loaded with thousands of liqueur bottles and 3000 kilograms of plastic granulate caught fire on the Autobahn 2 near Lehrte on Friday.

The cause is said to have been a burst tire, as the volunteer fire brigade Lehrte announced on Friday evening.

The driver and co-driver heard a loud bang while driving the truck and brought the team to a standstill on the hard shoulder between the Lehrte-Ost and Hämelerwald junctions.

Nobody got hurt.

The police had to temporarily block all three lanes of the motorway.

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