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Eastbound Turnpike reopens after fiery truck crash

PITTSBURGH — The eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike were closed for five hours Monday morning between Butler Valley and Allegheny Valley after a fiery truck crash.

A tractor-trailer overturned and caught fire at mile marker 46, which is about two miles from the Allegheny Valley interchange.

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There were no reports of injuries.

The truck was carrying mail. Channel 11's Brittny McGraw reported that the truck was owned by an independent trucking company and was filled with ads. The ads were to be delivered four postal facilities in Maryland.

All lanes reopened at about 8:30 a.m. Details about the cause of the accident were not immediately available.