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(KNZA)--No injuries were reported after a semi tractor-trailer catches fire on U.S. 36 Highway in Brown County.
Brown County Sheriff John Merchant says it happened around 10:00 last Thursday evening near the Hiawatha Wal-Mart store.
Merchant says the semi driver, Marshall County, Missouri resident Jeffrey Basnett, said he head a noise and then noticed flames coming from the trailer. Basnett pulled off of the roadway, but could not put out of the fire.
The Hiawatha Fire Department responded and extinguished the flames.
The semi truck and trailer were a total loss.
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