Emergency vehicles have cleared the scene of a vehicle fire near Paradise.
A black truck, belonging to retired RCMP officer, Boyd Merrill, caught fire while he was on his way to an event with the Positive Thinkers Club.
Boyd Merrill, retired RCMP, speaking at Positive Thinkers Club this am. Dealt with death and destruction in his yrs. his truck caught fire on the ORR on the way in. He’s ok but truck destroyed. pic.twitter.com/6YljWj5twL
— Brian Madore (@bmadorevocm) September 25, 2021
Merrill says within seconds of lifting his hood, the flames shot up, so he notified police.
An interesting thing happened on my way to talk to people about stress! pic.twitter.com/a99eO152PU
— Boyd Merrill (@BoydinNL) September 25, 2021
Merrill was unharmed by the blaze, but the truck was destroyed.
