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A vehicle fire in the northbound lane of Highway 5 is causing major delays in Merritt.
The right lane of the northbound road is closed and DriveBC is reporting expected delays of an hour.
#BCHwy5 - Vehicle fire just north of the #BCHwy97C Junction in the northbound lane. Crews are on scene. Expect up to 1 hour delays.
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) January 15, 2020
Next update: 6:00 PM#MerrittBC
According to Kamscan, a semi-trailer reportedly caught fire and other motorists attempted to extinguish the blaze along the highway.
A semi trailer is on fire on #Coquihalla just south of #MerrittBC with Canada post mail, driver has extinguisher hoping to save the trailer fire is at the back of the trailer #Merritt fire paged out #BCHwy5
— Kamscan (@Kamscan) January 15, 2020
NowMedia will update once more information becomes available.
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