A truck carrying three trailer loads of hay bales caught fire along the Landsborough Highway on Richmond Road near Kyuna causing mayhem with traffic over the weekend.
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The incident was about 300km from Mount Isa.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesperson said it was reported that one of the truck’s contents caught fire destroying its load.
All three trailers were alight when one urban and one rural fire crew arrived on the scene at 3.30pm Sunday August 20.
No-one was injured but the incident impacted traffic on the road.
The QFES spokesperson said they called a loader in to dig a hole.
“They pushed the hay bales off and into a hole the loader dug to contain the fire. The two crews were out there until about 10.20pm,” he said.
A witness said there were quite a few trucks carry hay bales travelling South.
“We saw a few at Longreach,” the witness said.
