Overview
- A 23:16 Tuesday emergency call alerted crews to a fire in the cabin of a semi-trailer at the Hamburger Berge Ost rest area eastbound.
- The driver escaped uninjured, abandoning the vehicle with only his shoes and a tablet before flames fully engulfed the cabin.
- Firefighters doused the fire and cleared wreckage, completing cleanup operations by 1:18 a.m. Wednesday.
- Officials shut the rest stop’s parking area completely while maintaining traffic flow in the highway’s right lane.
- Authorities have launched an investigation to determine what sparked the fire in the truck’s cabin.