Lorry blaze involves 24 tonnes of cheese

A lorry, traveling along the A359 in Somerset, caught fire last week causing the load of 24 tonnes of cheese to be lost in the blaze.

The fire is suspected to have been caused by a fault on the lorry. The driver was on his way to have the fault repaired at a garage at the time of the blaze.

Four fire crews attended the blaze and the A359 at Galhampton Hill was closed for several hours.

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