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Semi goes up in flames just outside Elie, Man.

Traffic was backed up on the Trans-Canada for a time Saturday after a semi-trailer truck went up in flames just outside Elie, Man.

No one injured in the blaze: RCMP

Crews work to remove a semi-trailer that went up in flames on the Trans-Canada Highway, just east of Elie, Man., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Travis Golby/CBC)

Traffic was backed up on the Trans-Canada Highway for a time Saturday after a semi-trailer truck went up in flames just outside Elie, Man.

At about 3:15 p.m., emergency crews received reports of a truck on fire near Highway 332.

RCMP say the semi was on the shoulder and the fire appears to have started in the engine.

According to aCBC camera person who was at the scene, the truck was in the westbound lane, just east of Elie. One lane of the highway wasclosed to traffic while a tow truck cleaned up.

Traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway was reduced to one lane westbound while crews used a hoist to remove the badly damaged semi. (Travis Golby/CBC)

No one was injured in the blaze but the truck appears to have been destroyed.

RCMP said traffic was back to normal by shortly before 7 p.m.

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