BY IAN CROUCH
Southbound traffic on the M1 at Cooranbong is back to normal after a truck fire overnight.
An empty semi-trailer caught alight just after 9.30pm on Tuesday, about 2.5km south of the Freemans Drive overpass.
The truck driver managed to escape without injury.
Fire and Rescue and RFS crews took just under an hour to extinguish the fire, which gutted the cabin and the trailer.
A Hazmat crew from Newcastle was brought in to decant diesel from a ruptured fuel tank.
The salvage operation wrapped up just after 4.30am on Wednesday.
Police say it's likely the fire started in the engine bay.
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| The cabin and trailer of the truck were destroyed in the fire Picture Toronto Fire & Rescue |
