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Camper fire on Highway 11 in Abbotsford

Driver initially unaware of blaze, which occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday
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Smoke can be seen in the area as crews tend to a fire in a camper on the Highway 11 bypass in Abbotsford on Thursday morning.

A motorist who was initially unaware that his camper was on fire continued to drive through Abbotsford on Thursday morning before pulling over.

A call came in at about 10:30 a.m. to Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service that a driver was travelling north on the Sumas Way/Highway 11 bypass while his camper was on fire.

The driver pulled over just past the Clayburn Road exit. Crews quickly arrived on the scene and extinguished the blaze. Nobody was hurt, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.