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Driver seriously injured in truck fire

The truck driver tried to extinguish the fire in the cab himself - but in vain. He suffered severe burns.

A truck driver was seriously injured when he tried to extinguish his burning truck. (symbolic...
A truck driver was seriously injured when he tried to extinguish his burning truck. (symbolic image)

Fire - Driver seriously injured in truck fire

A truck driver was severely injured while trying to put out the fire of his burning truck. The 50-year-old sustained serious burn injuries to his upper body, according to the Munich Fire Department. However, he could not prevent the fire from spreading to the driver's cabin - it was reportedly completely destroyed.

It remained unclear why the truck caught fire in the early evening on a business premises in the Munich district of Langwied. The police are investigating, as reported by the Fire Department.

Despite the Fire Department's efforts to contain the blaze, the driver's cabin in the truck from Bavaria was completely engulfed. Remarkably, this fire incident occurred in the heart of Bavaria's industrial sector, specifically in the Munich district of Langwied.

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