PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A 10-wheel truck went up in flames on Phetkasem Highway in Bang Saphan Noi district on Saturday night, causing about 2 million baht in damages.
Pol Capt Sam-ang Sukpat-anan, a Bang Saphan Noi police investigator, said the incident occurred at about 8pm at kilometre marker 414 on Phetkasem Highway near Ban Thung Sarisiat in tambon Sai Thong.
Jiraphan Buathongkua, 41, the truck driver, said he was delivering cargoes worth more than 1 million baht from Bangkok to a client in Phuket.
After passing kilometre marker 414, he saw white smokes going up from the rear of the truck. He quickly parked the vehicle on a road side.
He found the fire had started from the load of cargoes and spread quickly to engulf the vehicle.
When fire trucks of the Chaiyarat tambon administration organisation (TAO) arrived, the fire had destroyed much of the vehicle and the cargoes, causing more than 2 million baht in damages.
Mr Jiraphan said he was stunned by the incident, not knowing how the fire had started.
Police were investigating to establish the cause of the fire.
