Beja: Heavy goods crashed and burned completely.
A heavy goods, It crashed yesterday, at the roundabout Airport, Beja and burned. The two occupants of the car were unhurt in the accident. By inhalation of smoke, a firefighter was assisted on site.
The accident occurred at about 15,10 hours, at the roundabout about 6 miles of Beja, the National Road 121, no sense Sul / Norte, connection to Lisbon. At the origin of the fire have been the front tire burst, on the left side, that struck violently in the rotunda of the cement edge, before the heavy turn on that side.
nonlocal, the Lidador News (LN), conductor, who declined to be identified, He revealed that "I made a braking, the carload inside the trailer gave, He started swinging and lost control truck ", justified.
The fire that started in the tire, quickly spilled over to the car and then to plastic pallets where the cargo was still wrapped.
Followed by several explosions, with wheels and burning tires to be projected several meters away, ending one of the projections of material on fire, by spreading the flames to the existing vegetation in the surrounding farmland.
Given the very smoke caused by burning tires and plastic pallets, and 38 degrees of temperature that were felt, one of the firefighters was assisted on site by inhaling smoke, having been placed oxygen.
Heavy belongs to a transport company in Alenquer county and came from Pias, Serpa county, which had carried melons, and had the direction Ferreira do Alentejo, where complete the rest of the cargo.
Military Traffic Detachment (DT) Beja GNR were in place directing traffic, who has never been stopped in its entirety, having been made of alternating, the range in the North / South direction. DTBeja source did not know realize what time would the traffic be restored in full, given the need to request a crane to remove heavy Flamed.
The fire was considered as terminated after about one, having been fought by 14 operational, Firemen Beja Volunteers, supported by four cars.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
