A 16-meter trailer loaded with hollow-core slabs has a tire on the trailer’s center axle burst in the middle of the tunnel, where it catches fire, the fire takes a firm hold of the trailer’s wooden floor, and all the tires and sidewalls explode from the heat; the driver continues driving until he exits the tunnel. The fire department arrives and puts out the fire; the road is closed.
The likely cause of the accident is frozen brakes.
The driver acted in an exemplary manner, ensuring that the damage to the environment and other road users was kept to a minimum.
