Brüel (dpa / mv) - A tractor driver drove a burning straw trailer over the federal highway 104 in western Mecklenburg. As a police spokesman said on Tuesday, the 18-year-old was only made aware of the fire on Monday evening shortly before Brüel (Ludwigslust-Parchim) by oncoming drivers. The tractor driver had initially thought that the car drivers, as acquaintances, greeted him with a headlight flasher.
When the tractor driver saw the flames in his rear-view mirror, he drove into a field, accompanied by the fire department. There the load of 24 large bales was dumped and unloaded. The total damage, especially to the trailer, was estimated at 30,000 euros. The cause of the fire is not yet clear. Nobody got hurt.
