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Malfunction within a trailer’s brake system was the possible cause of a fire inside a toy hauler RV Thursday afternoon, May 30, on South Highway 75 in Luverne. The Luverne Fire Department was called to the scene near the intersection of Koehn Avenue and Highway 75. The call came shortly before 5 p.m. when motorists noticed smoke coming from the fifth-wheel trailer as it was westbound on I-90 and exited into Luverne. Traffic was stopped on northbound Hwy. 75 including both ramps on and off I-90.
Fire chief Dave Van Batavia said the pickup was unhooked from the trailer and several portable propane tanks had been removed from the trailer when firefighters arrived. A person assisting with the tank removal was treated for smoke inhalation. The fire appeared to have started in the trailer’s right-side brake area, traveling up into the trailer’s sidewalls and into the roof cavity. A passenger car in the toy hauler did not catch fire, Van Batavia said.