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Seaford-Oyster Bay reopens after truck fire

Southbound Route 135 was closed from about 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday after a truck blazed on the roadway's right shoulder. Handout (Feb. 8, 2012)

The southbound Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway reopened Wednesday night after it was temporarily closed due to a truck fire on the right shoulder, Nassau police said.

Flames were consuming a large trailer behind a pickup truck at Exit 7, Hempstead Turnpike.

Police said it appeared the trailer was the type used by landscapers.

The fire started before 5:28 p.m., according to the state...

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