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Refuse truck on fire in St Albans

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Aimee Brannen

Published: 3:54 PM February 22, 2011    Updated: 2:43 PM November 1, 2020

A REFUSE truck has closed a busy city centre road this afternoon.

Firefighters were called to the scene in Verulam Road at around 3.45pm and managed to contain the blaze quickly.

But a police spokesperson said the road is closed in both directions between the junctions with Church Crescent and Folly Lane.

Keep checking this website for updates.

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