He said fire and emergency services personnel rushed to the scene and put out the blaze.
The truck was completely damaged but its driver escaped unhurt, the official said.
A truck carrying fodder was damaged in a fire on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.
The truck reached Pla-Morh from Punjab and was being unloaded when it suddenly caught fire as the driver tried to move it forward, a police official said.