Garbage truck fire causes rush hour traffic delays down Marion, Main Street
Material in garbage truck started on fire, had to be dumped out onto the street around 3:30 p.m. Friday
A garbage truck fire caused long traffic lineups in St. Boniface and down Main Street Friday afternoon and into the evening.
Eastbound Marion Street was blocked at Traverse around 4 p.m. CT on Friday due to a vehicle fire, the City of Winnipeg's Transportation Management Centre said in tweet sent at about 4:20 p.m.
A spokesperson with the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said a 911 call was received at 3:32 p.m. Material in a garbage truck had started on fire and had to be dumped out onto the street, the spokesperson said.
The burning material was then extinguished and cleared.
Refuse truck fire in St. Boniface. The truck is dumping burning waste on the road. Eastbound Marion Street is currently closed to traffic. “It’s smokey,” a firefighter exclaims. <a href="https://t.co/KlEiBywupx">pic.twitter.com/KlEiBywupx</a>
—@dana_hatherlyAll lanes of traffic had been reopened by shortly before 6 p.m., but there were still traffic delays in the area, the city tweeted Friday evening.
It's not yet clear how the fire started.
TRAFFIC UPDATE: MARION CLOSURE.<br>All lanes are now open.<br>Delays remain for eastbound Marion and Southbound Main.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WpgTMC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WpgTMC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winnipeg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#winnipeg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/traffic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#traffic</a>
—@WinnipegTMCWith files from Dana Hatherly