Tractor trailer filled with paper towels catches fire

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By WPXI.com

SOMERSET TWP., Pa. — A tractor-trailer carrying paper towels caught fire late Tuesday night on Interstate 70 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Smoke was seen rising from the rig just after 10:30 p.m. in the westbound lanes in Somerset Township.

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The highway was shut down for several hours while crews cleaned up the mess and removed the tractor-trailer. It has since reopened to traffic.

No one was hurt.

Paper towel fire Firefighters responded to a tractor-trailer fire in Western Pennsylvania. The truck was hauling paper towels. (Fallowfield Fire Company/Facebook)