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Trailer fire causes traffic shutdown near Trelleborg

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  • A trailer with cardboard rolls caught fire on road 108 near Trelleborg.
  • No injuries reported, but the road is closed and traffic is expected to resume after 4 p.m.
  • The cause of the fire is unknown, and extinguishing is complicated due to a water protection area.

A trailer carrying cardboard rolls caught fire on road 108 outside Trelleborg at lunchtime on Thursday. No one was injured. The fire is being extinguished gradually, with smoke remaining, and the situation is complicated because it is in a water protection area, according to Rickard Nilsson, an alarm and control operator at Räddningstjänsten Syd.

m. The cause of the fire is currently unclear.

The fire is being extinguished gradually, with smoke remaining, and the situation is complicated because it is in a water protection area

Rickard Nilsson, alarm and control operator at Räddningstjänsten Syd

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