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A TRUCK WENT on fire this evening near the Dublin Port Tunnel.

The fire broke out before 5.30pm as the truck was just outside the tunnel. It was able to stop near a bridge a short distance away from the tunnel entrance.

Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene and put out the blaze.

The driver was uninjured.

The truck fire has been extinguished outside the #DPT. Southbound bore now reopened. D41, D42 and DO Foxtrot remain. pic.twitter.com/pe4zMYyEXH
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) March 3, 2016

Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter

The tunnel was closed during the incident but has since reopened, though it is filtering into one lane.

Traffic from the port tunnel northbound is now filtering into one lane exiting the tunnel direction M50. The cordon remains lifted.
— Traffic Management Centre (@DCCTraffic) March 3, 2016

Traffic Mgmt. Centre / Twitter

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