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Truck carrying potatoes catches fire on Colorado highway ramp

A semi truck carrying potatoes in Colorado caught fire while it was traveling on a highway onramp in Jefferson County on Wednesday. It happened before daybreak on the Highway 285 ramp to eastbound C-470. 

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West Metro Fire officials said the truck's brakes caught fire.

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No one was hurt in the fire, which took a lot of work from firefighters to put out.

The eastbound onramp to C-470 and northbound onramp to Highway 285 were closed due to the fire.

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