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BigmanPigman

(52,259 posts) Sun Jun 11, 2023, 06:15 PM Jun 2023

Truck fire and road collapse close I-95 I-95 is closed

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-collapse-i95-overpass-bridge-tacony-pa/13369981/

Drivers traveling on I-95 captured the intense flames and heavy smoke before multiple lanes of the highway collapsed on Sunday in Philadelphia.

The fire broke out around 6 a.m. underneath I-95 near the Cottman Avenue exit in the Tacony section of the city.

Sources say the blaze was caused by a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of 87 octane gasoline.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/interstate-95-collapse-truck-fire/

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Truck fire and road collapse close I-95 I-95 is closed (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jun 2023 OP

Beginnings of terrorism??? This happened before in 1996 due to a tire fire bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #1

I hope the best minds in highway traffic control are on the job EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #2

I-95 bridge collapsed in Connecticut. That was about 25 years ago. 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #3

Only one was hurt, luckily. BigmanPigman Jun 2023 #4

bucolic_frolic

(46,995 posts)

1. Beginnings of terrorism??? This happened before in 1996 due to a tire fire

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Jun 11, 2023, 06:36 PM

Jun 2023

Why did the truck ignite below I-95? Now?

https://billypenn.com/2018/07/13/two-decades-ago-10000-tires-caught-fire-in-port-richmond-and-melted-part-of-i-95/

The Great Tire Fire of 1996

Some tire dealer was trying to avoid recycling fees by dumping tires - tens of thousands of them

EYESORE 9001

(27,517 posts)

2. I hope the best minds in highway traffic control are on the job

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sun Jun 11, 2023, 06:37 PM

Jun 2023

Can you imagine the desperation and incompetence that would still be in charge if the last election had turned out differently? Not only would they be fumbling this incident, but there’d probably be nothing in the budget for repairs and improvements.

Anyway, I hope DOT is able to find the best workarounds possible to keep this vital transportation corridor open.

3Hotdogs

(13,398 posts)

3. I-95 bridge collapsed in Connecticut. That was about 25 years ago.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 06:38 AM

Jun 2023

Is the driver alive?

BigmanPigman

(52,259 posts)

4. Only one was hurt, luckily.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 04:29 PM

Jun 2023

I think the date and time (Sunday, 6AM) saved many lives. They don't know if the body is the driver's.

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