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Inquiry launched into why truck caught fire

No injuries: firefighters rushed to the corner of King Street and Elliot Street to extinguish a fire which gutted the cabin of this truck (Photograph provided)

A tow truck caught fire in Hamilton yesterday.

A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call about a vehicle fire at the junction of King Street and Elliot Street at 6.20am.

The spokesman said: “One appliance responded from Hamilton Fire Station with a total of four firefighters.

“Upon arrival, firefighters found a tow truck with the cab of the vehicle fully involved in fire. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.”

The spokesman added that no one was injured and that the cause of the fire was under investigation.