Overview
- The tractor-trailer caught fire around 2:43 a.m. near the Dreihöhenberg rest area in Börde district.
- The 54-year-old driver pulled onto the hard shoulder after noticing smoke and escaped uninjured.
- The truck, loaded with empty containers, burned completely before crews from nearby departments extinguished the blaze.
- Both directions were initially closed because of firefighting and heavy smoke, and the Magdeburg-bound side has reopened.
- Traffic toward Dresden is being diverted at the Schönebeck junction, and the left lane may reopen to facilitate recovery.