March 05, 2020, 04:33 PM
A truck carrying toilet paper went up in flames on Brisbane's Gateway Bridge in Australia on Wednesday, March 4, just before 10pm.
via abc.net.au
Driver escaped the fire, some toilet paper saved
The vehicle that was carrying toilet paper caught fire on the Gateway Bridge in Brisbane.
The blaze required two fire crews to put out, reported ABC News.
The driver managed to escape the cabin and was unharmed.
Some toilet paper was saved from the truck, ABC News reported.
via abc.net.au
via abc.net.au
via abc.net.au
via abc.net.au
In this YouTube video, smoke could be seen coming out of the truck before it spontaneously caught fire on the bridge.
Photo via Donna/YouTube
Photo via Donna/YouTube
Here's another video of the truck on flames:
Not a common sight says fire officer
A fire officer, Justin Francis, told ABC News that this is not a common sight in the city: "This is not overly common, particularly around the city areas but the main thing is no-one got hurt tonight and we've been able to save quite a lot of toilet paper."
Francis added: "There was quite an interesting fuel load on this particular vehicle as we believe toilet paper is quite precious at the moment, so we've been able to save half the load on this particular truck."
The fire officer said that the fire could have been due to a mechanical fault.
This incident happened at a time when the people are panic buying toilet paper and stealing toilet paper from toilets.
This tweet by Sonia Giusto showed a trolley filled with toilet paper at a supermarket in Australia.
The women behind me at the Aldi check out #toiletpaper #coronavirusaustralia pic.twitter.com/XnenmvnQaR
— Sonia 🌸 (@SoniaCrestpac) March 3, 2020
Top photos via Donna/YouTube
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