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A delivery truck carrying toilet paper has crashed and burst into flames in Queensland.

The semi-trailer caught fire on the Gateway Motorway near Murrarie in Brisbane on Wednesday night as toilet paper panic buying intensified across Australia.

Firefighters and ambulance crews rushed to the scene, with the truck blocking the northbound lanes of the motorway.

A Queensland Ambulance spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia the truck driver was unharmed and no other vehicle was involved in the crash.

Queensland Police urged motorists to avoid the area.

© Provided by Daily Mail The semi-trailer caught fire on the Gateway Motorway near Murrarie in Brisbane It's understood the cabin of the truck, which was also carrying wood, melted onto the road after the explosion.

Excavators and forklifts were called to the scene to try and clean up the mess.

Increasing concerns about coronavirus have seen a spike in demand for everyday essentials - particularly toilet paper, which is racing off the shelves.

© Provided by Daily Mail A delivery truck carrying toilet paper has crashed and burst into flames in Queensland Kleenex, one of the country's biggest brands owned by Kimberly-Clark, told customers on social media it is in the midst of making more rolls.

'Australia, don't panic!' the post read.

© Provided by Daily Mail Kleenex told customers on social media not to panic as they are in the midst of making more toilet rolls

'We are working around the clock at our mill in South Australia to keep the supermarket shelves stocked with Kleenex Complete Clean toilet paper.'

'As you can see, we won't be running out any time soon,' it said, sharing a photo of the Kleenex warehouse piled high with columns of toilet paper.

It hopes the round-the-clock production will help to slow the panic, as Australian families stock up fearing a total supermarket shutdown.

This is despite toilet paper being produced on mass in Australia, and no supermarkets reporting a shortage.

It comes as the killer coronavirus threatens to become a global pandemic, with 3,200 people already dead and more than 94,000 infected.

© Provided by Daily Mail At Costco warehouses shoppers were seen loading up their trolleys with extra-large packs of toilet tissue

Kleenex reserve supplies will be welcomed by Australian customers in shops around the country as rolls have become increasingly scarce on supermarket shelves.

Woolworths has introduced a four-pack per customer limit on toilet paper, while one Aldi store in Epping radically limited customers to one packet a day.

Supermarket shelves have also been stripped of other stock including hand sanitiser and long-live foodstuffs like tinned goods and dried pasta through excessive panic buying.

The country's chief medical officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, told Parliament panic buying toilet paper wasn't a 'proportionate or sensible thing to do at this time'.

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