On the afternoon of January 3, the Traffic Police Department of Quang Tri Provincial Police confirmed that at 3:45 PM at km1071 Ho Chi Minh road, passing through Con Tien commune (Quang Tri province), a tractor-trailer with license plate 74H-001.86 pulling a trailer 74R-006.05 broke the rear axle, leading to 3 tires burning.
At the time of the incident, the vehicle was carrying crushed stone, traveling in the North - South direction.
When detecting the car catching fire, the driver quickly drove the vehicle to stop about 50 m away from the nearby gas station to get water and fire extinguishers to put out the fire.
Thanks to timely support from the gas station's fire extinguisher, the fire was controlled and did not spread.
The incident did not cause any casualties, but the vehicle was damaged, estimated damage of about 60 million VND.
The initial cause was determined to be due to being tied to axles leading to the fire.
