A9 closed because of oil tanker wheel fire By David Kerr February 5 2016, 2:26 pm February 5 2016, 2:26 pm Share A9 closed because of oil tanker wheel fire Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/826823/a9-closed-oil-tanker-wheel-fire/ Copy Link Firefighters were diverted to a second incident The A9 has been closed north of Dalwhinnie after a fire in a wheel bearing of an HGV. Emergency services were called to the incident on the Inverness to Perth road at the Crubenmore junction at about 1.50pm. A spokeswoman for the fire service said they had extinguished a fire in a wheel bearing of an oil tanker. A police spokesman said an exclusion zone was set up around the vehicle during the fire but it is expected to lifted once the tanker is moved.
