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Section of Old 63 closed after trash fire

Published February 22, 2019 3:43 PM

A section of Old 63 in Columbia was set to be closed for two hours Friday afternoon after a fire in a trash truck.

The Columbia Fire Department said firefighters were called to put out a fire in a pile of trush after it ignited in a private trash truck. Old 63 between Bearfield Road and Grindstone Parkway would be closed for at least two hours, the department said in a tweet at 2:40 p.m.

Columbia firefighters work to extinguish a pile of debris after it caught fire in a privately owned trash truck. A section of Old 63 between Bearfield and Grindstone will be closed for at least two hours. Access to local businesses remains open. pic.twitter.com/CZbrHvjArl

— Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) February 22, 2019

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