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Garbage truck crashes, catches fire in Montgomery Co.

A garbage truck crashed and caught fire Wednesday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer)

A stretch of Clarksburg is closed for hazardous materials cleanup. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer)

A garbage truck crashed and caught fire Wednesday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue) — A garbage truck crashed and caught fire Wednesday morning in Montgomery County. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire & Rescue/Pete Piringer)

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A garbage truck crashed and caught fire on Clarksburg Road between between Md. 80/Fingerboard Road and Moxley Road in Montgomery County near Damascus, Maryland, on Wednesday morning.

Montgomery County Fire & Rescue was initially dispatched around 7:30 a.m., according to a tweet from spokesperson Pete Piringer.

The crash involved the trash truck and another vehicle. One person sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.

The road had been closed between Md. 80/Fingerboard Road and Moxley Road as a hazardous materials team cleaned up the fuel spilled.

It reopened just before noon.

A map of the area where the truck crashed is below.

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William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.