Main artery in North Bay closed after early morning trailer fire
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A large transport truck carrying 4,000 pounds of hazardous chemicals caught on fire in North Bay around 2:30 a.m., fire officials say.
A large transport truck carrying 4,000 pounds of hazardous chemicals caught on fire in North Bay around 2:30 a.m., fire officials say.
It happened on Algonquin Avenue north of the Highway 11/17 bypass.
No one was injured in the incident, but the road will be closed for most of the day.
"Barricades are Algonquin at Spencer and Shireff," North Bay police said in a news release.
"Motorists are asked to use Stockdale Road as a detour to Airport Road."
There is a large amount of water on the road as a result of the fire that will take a while to clean up, Fire Chief Jason Whiteley told CTV News.
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