There were no injuries after a semi truck caught fire on the Trans Canada yesterday afternoon.

The highway was closed for a while as crews battled the blaze.

Kamloops Fire Platoon Captain Jim Gorman says the semi was carrying a load of ice cream.

“When crews arrived on scene, there was a substantial amount of fire,”he said. “They were unable to determine the cause at the scene when they arrived.”

Gorman says fire crews responded to the fire around 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon.

“They were there for about two and a half hours,” Gorman added. “The highway was closed for about a half hour to forty minutes to all traffic, then it opened to a single lane. They cleared the scene and left it for a tow truck and the RCMP to clear.”

Gorman also said he wasn’t sure whether the driver called in the fire, or if it was a passerby.

(Photo via Frank Holt)