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Fuel tanker catches fire on major road

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service A Flogas tanker is stopped on the A35. Two firefighters and a fire vehicle can been seen. Water or other fluid is streaming across the road.Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service
Two fire crews attended the tanker fire on the A35

A major road was closed earlier due to a fire on a tanker carrying propane fuel.

Two fire crews were sent to the Flogas lorry on the A35 between Charmouth and Morcombelake, in Dorset, at about 07:30 BST.

On Facebook, Charmouth Fire Station posted: "Thankfully, it was just the brakes that had caught and the tank full of gas was not involved."

Firefighters extinguished the fire and cooled the vehicle down before escorting it off the A35 to await recovery.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service A firefighter lies on the ground to look under the rear of a lorry. A yellow hose runs on the ground beside the vehicle.Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service
The fire was contained to the tanker's brakes

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