MIDDLETOWN --
A truck carrying whiskey caught fire on Interstate 75 on Thursday morning.
The truck pulled off on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes just south of the Ohio 122 exit in Middletown shortly before 6:30 a.m.
The fire started in the brakes and spread to the floor of the trailer.
The fire forced workers to off-load the 1,200 cases of cargo before moving the truck. It's not known how much was destroyed by the fire.
Only the far left lane is moving past the fire scene.
The driver was not injured. He said he knew something was wrong with the truck while driving through the construction zone north of Ohio 122, but couldn't pull off the road because of the barriers.
The driver said he was hauling the whiskey from Ontario to Alabama.
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