PORTOGRUARO – Fear on the A4 on the cursed section, the trailer of a truck on fire: the connection between the A28 and the A4 in Portogruaro is closed. It happened around 11.40 today, Wednesday 26 June, near the Portogruaro motorway junction. What appears to be burning is the trailer of the truck with a dense cloud of black smoke that is being released upwards and is visible for kilometers away. The alarm reached the 115 operations center in Mestre which mobilized the fire brigade teams. The truck was carrying car batteries that caught fire. The auxiliaries of the Alto Adriatico motorway concessionaire for traffic also intervened on site. The consequences for traffic for those heading towards Venice are inevitable.
Update at 2pm
The motorway section of the A4 between the Portogruaro junction and San Stino di Livenza towards Venice has been reopened. The firefighters put out the fire. There were no consequences for the driver who, having noticed the smoke, managed to get out of the vehicle.
The operations, however, are not finished. The heavy vehicle was carrying car batteries and therefore, in agreement with the firefighters and following a specific procedure, steps are currently being taken to immerse the same batteries in water and transfer them to a container which has arrived at the scene of the accident. fire. Only at the end of this activity will it be possible to remove the vehicle with the intervention of a crane. During the removal, the stretch between Portogruaro and San Stino towards Venice will be closed again for a few minutes and then completely reopened at the end of the intervention. During all these operations and until their conclusion, the entrance to the Portogruaro junction towards Venice will always remain closed.
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