VEHICLE FIRE SHUTS DOWN HIGHWAY 17
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(LAURENTIAN VALLEY, ON) - Members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fully engulfed vehicle fire on Highway 17 at White Water Road at approximately 8:00pm
Police and the local fire department responded to the single vehicle fire. It was determined that the vehicle was a Canadian Armed Forces tanker-style truck transporting fuel. No injuries were reported.
As a result of the incident, the Ministries of Environment and Transportation were notified.
Highway 17 remained shut down for several hours and detours were put in place at Greenwood Road. The highway reopened the following day shortly before 8:00pm