Truck hauling load of curly fries catches fire on Maine highway

A tractor-trailer carrying a load of frozen curly fries caught fire on a Maine highway. Photo courtesy of the York Fire Department/Facebook
1 of 2 | A tractor-trailer carrying a load of frozen curly fries caught fire on a Maine highway. Photo courtesy of the York Fire Department/Facebook

Feb. 26 (UPI) -- No one was injured, but many potatoes were lost, when a tractor-trailer hauling a load of curly fries caught fire on a Maine highway.

The York Fire Department responded alongside Kittery Fire crews when more than 30 calls came in to 911 reporting a truck on fire on southbound Interstate 95.

"It was quickly determined that the cargo was frozen curly french fries and not a hazardous material," the York Fire Department said on social media.

The firefighters used about 6,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames, but the tractor-trailer and its spud snack cargo "were a total loss," firefighters wrote.

There were no injuries resulting from the fire.

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