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fire broke out in a large trailer vehicle running on the highway.
It appears that a 20t trailer was loaded with close to 100 tons of cargo and the wheels pressed under its weight overheated and caught fire.
This is reporter Lee Tae-hyun of CJB.
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Smoke rises from the wheel of a trailer on the shoulder.
After a while, the flames consumed the entire vehicle.
This is a scene of a fire that occurred in the early morning of yesterday (27) near Seocheongju IC on the Jungbu Expressway.
At the time, the 20 ton trailer on fire contained nearly 100 tons of building material.
Excessive frictional heat was generated as the vehicle could not withstand a load of 5 times the weight of the vehicle, which is believed to have resulted in a fire.
[Last name/Cheongju West Fire Department, Chungbuk: It is a fire that is believed to have occurred due to frictional heat on the tire lining side due to the weight of loading stones for building materials.] If
the weight of the vehicle and the load exceeds 40 tons, the highway operation itself is concerned about damage to the road surface. Is prohibited.
But how could a truck on fire get on the highway?
Freight vehicles of 4.5 tons or more enter the dedicated high-pass passage with orange guide lines and pass through a measuring plate that can be weighed.
However, overloaded vehicles often enter the normal high-pass lane, and the same was true for vehicles that ignite this time.
Freight vehicles entering through the normal high pass are considered to be obstructing load capacity measurement and may result in imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 10 million won.
(Video coverage: Park Hee-sung CJB)