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Story last updated at 4:49 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Two-vehicle wreck ties up Sterling Highway

Staff report

Firefighters from Homer and Anchor Point converged Tuesday on the scene of a two-vehicle accident on the Sterling Highway about one mile north of Diamond Ridge Road. One of the vehicles, a small pickup truck, caught fire and was completely engulfed in flames before firefighters were able to put it out.

Photo by Aaron Selbig

Firefighters work to put out a vehicle fire that broke out following a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon on the Sterling Highway near Diamond Ridge Road.

Traffic, which had backed up for more than a mile in either direction as emergency personnel cleared the roadway, resumed at about 3:30 p.m.

Photo by Aaron Selbig

Firefighters successfully put out a vehicle fire that broke out following a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon on the Sterling Highway near Diamond Ridge Road.

Photo by Aaron Selbig

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