ABOVE: Firefighters work to battle a large tractor-trailer fire on Highway 401 Thursday morning
TORONTO – A tractor trailer burst into flames in the westbound express lanes of Highway 401 near Renforth Drive overnight.
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The morning commute will be affected as one of the westbound lanes of the 401 remains closed.
The driver was not injured and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
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