Firefighters contain blaze after refrigerated truck catches fire on Route 2 near Hadera

A refrigerated truck caught fire on Route 2 near Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera on Sunday, with firefighters preventing the flames from spreading to nearby vegetation, Israel Fire and Rescue Services' Coastal District said.

A report of a burning truck on the shoulder of the Coastal Highway was received by the district's emergency dispatch center at 10:39 a.m.

Firefighters put out truck that caught ablaze on Route 2

Firefighters from the Hadera station arrived at the scene and found the refrigerated truck completely engulfed in flames, with the fire having spread to a nearby fence.

Firefighters worked to extinguish the burning truck while simultaneously preventing the flames from spreading to surrounding vegetation.

The crews successfully contained the fire and continued working to extinguish the truck blaze, according to the latest update from Israel Fire and Rescue Services.