Rambin (dpa / mv) – A burning road construction machine on a truck has blocked the main road on the island of Rügen. A police patrol noticed the fire by chance on Tuesday when the truck with the burning machine on the trailer was approaching them between Rambin and Samtens, a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The 39-year-old truck driver had not yet noticed the fire. The officials turned and stopped the truck in Rambin just before the Rügen Bridge, which leads to the mainland.
Only three fire brigades were able to extinguish the fire on the asphalt milling machine. Federal highway 96 remained closed for around two hours due to leaking fuel. Many cars dodged over the Rügendamm. A technical defect in the road construction machine is suspected to be the cause of the fire.
