Hell on the highway: car on fire, state road 36 closed. Queues and slowdowns

Lecco, February 28, 2021 – Inferno in Expressway where the morning started in the worst way for thousands of vacationers on Sundays heading towards Lake Como or the mountains of Valtellina and Valsassina. A’auto he took fire at the height of Mandello del Lario northwards towards Sondrio. Those on board just managed to just get out of the car which in a few moments was completely engulfed in flames, turning into a ball of fire, as evidenced by some videos posted on social networks. On the spot the firefighters of the provincial command of Lecco intervened with full sirens and in a few minutes they managed to tame the fire and then put it out.

To allow rescue operations, however, it was necessary to completely close a section of the main road for transit with the establishment of the mandatory exit at Abbadia Lariana. The situation is now resolved, but thinking has been registered slowdowns, even on the Sp 72 used with alternative. In the section between Cibrone di Nibionno and Costa Masnaga always northwards from Milan towards Lecco a motorcyclist 42 years old is slipped on the ground causing fear of the worst, so as to mobilize the rescuers of the Como air ambulance. Fortunately, his condition turned out to be less serious than expected, he got away with a trauma to his leg and was transferred by ambulance to the Fatebenefratelli hospital in Erba. Even in this case, however, the SS 36 was temporarily closed with further queues and three quarters of an hour to cover a dozen kilometers just between the provinces of Monza and Lecco.