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All that remained of the chocolate-hauling big-rig that burned on Interstate 580 near Grant Line Road on Dec. 6, 2024. (Photo courtesy CHP-Dublin)

Some 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of chocolate were destroyed after a big-rig hauling the sweets caught fire on westbound Interstate 580 near Grant Line Road outside of Livermore on Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

No one was injured, but the fire response and cleanup snarled traffic for hours over the Altamont Pass that day.

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Jeremy Walsh is the associate publisher and editorial director of Embarcadero Media Foundation's East Bay Division, including the Pleasanton Weekly, LivermoreVine.com and DanvilleSanRamon.com. He joined...

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