UPDATE — Lac La Biche truck route re-opens after vehicle fire

A portion of the truck route connecter near the Lac La Biche Agricultural Grounds was blocked to traffic earlier Saturday night as crews responded to a fire involving at least one vehicle. The roadway is now open to traffic. There has been no report on injuries from the incident.
Flames can be seen under a pickup truck that was destroyed by fire on Saturday night near the Lac La Biche Agricultural Grounds.

LAC LA BICHE - A stretch of the connector road from Highway 36 to 881 near the Lac La Biche Agricultural Grounds was re-opened to traffic about an hour after a supper-time fire department dispatch to a blaze involving at least one vehicle.

Fire crews and law enforcement personnel were called to the scene where a pickup truck in the west-bound driving lane of the busy roadway was completely gutted by fire.

RCMP and  Lac La Biche Fire Services have yet to provide specific details on the incident. 

Updates will be made when more details are released by officials.

 

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