A Transport Truck Carrying Whey Protein Caught Fire On The 401 & The Powder Is Everywhere
It made for an early start to shovelling season.
OPP Sergeant Kerry Schmidt. Right: A transport truck that caught fire.
Ontario Provincial Police had quite the mess to clean up on the 401 west of Toronto Tuesday morning after a transport truck caught fire.
The vehicle was carrying a full load of whey protein powder which wound up getting spread across the roadway.
"All those bodybuilders out there that are looking for some protein, there's a whole pile of it here," said OPP Sergeant Kerry Schmidt. "I'm not making any milkshakes."
Crews had shovels out to pick up the mounds of protein that surrounded the burnt truck.
Some of the powder looked to have melted to the ground — what a lovely smell that must've caused.
Police said the fire happened on the 401 eastbound approaching James Snow Parkway and left traffic reduced down to a single lane.
"We had a transport truck lose its trailer axels (...) It looks like we have a failure here, likely maybe one of the bearings blew up. It lit a fire. It burned out the axel, up on the trailer," said Schmidt.
No injuries were reported.
\u201cTruck fire clean up, #Hwy401 eb approaching James Snow Pkwy. Just the left lane is open now, hope to have all lanes reopened by 10am. #MississaugaOPP\u201d— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP Highway Safety Division) 1667917025
At one point in the video, Sergeant Schmidt shows what's left behind of the tire that caught fire.
The cleanup caused major delays in the area for several hours but police said they hoped to have things cleaned up by early Tuesday afternoon.