The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 in west-end Toronto were closed following a fatal tractor-trailer fire on Monday morning.
Toronto fire officials say they received a call around 5:15 a.m. of a fire on Highway 401 involving two tractor-trailers.
When fire crews arrived on scene, they located one tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames and paramedics say one person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials said the tractor-trailer was carrying paint and that it had spread all over the highway.
The fire was under control around 5:31 a.m. but has forced the closure of the eastbound express and collector lanes of Highway 401 at Allen Road.
The collector lanes re-opened just after 10 o'clock.