The 1-1-2 Emergency Coordination Center of the Region of Murcia has received several calls from 10:12 p.m. onwards reporting a traffic accident on the A-30 motorway towards Albacete, at kilometer marker 83, in the municipality of Cieza.
Reports indicate a collision between a refrigerated semi-trailer truck and a truck loaded with fruit that was broken down on the shoulder.
The semi-trailer caught fire after the collision.
The Civil Guard confirms the need for an ambulance to attend to the semi-trailer driver, who sustained minor injuries.
The fire spreads to the cabin, causing it to explode.
The highway is closed while emergency services work.
The duty chief of the Murcia Region Fire and Rescue Consortium has mobilized a total of 5 firefighters and two firefighting vehicles, a light urban fire engine and a heavy water tanker.
Road maintenance personnel are working in the area.
A non-emergency ambulance proceeds to transfer the driver of the refrigerator, a 60-year-old male, to the La Vega Lorenzo Guirao hospital in Cieza.