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05.02.2016

New crane catches fire

A new All Terrain crane caught fire and was badly damaged on the A9 road near Trockau, Bavaria, Germany on Monday evening.

The driver of the five axle Liebherr spotted the flames as smoke began entering the cab, he was able to quickly pull over onto the hard shoulder, so that he and his passenger were able to get out of the cab shortly before it was engulfed in flames.
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The new crane was badly burnt


Both the driver, 70, and his passenger, 39, suffered from smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital as a precaution.
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The flames quickly moved into the cab


Comments

Eric L
The question is why ?
Very strange on a near new machine...

Feb 5, 2016