“The roadway is gone.'
A massive tanker truck fire forced the closure of a section of Interstate Highway 95 in northeast Philadelphia after an elevated portion of the roadway collapsed, officials said Sunday morning.
The collapse was caused by a tanker truck fire burning under an on-ramp. Officials told the local station they were not sure what kind of truck it was and that they had not been able to search for a driver inside. All lanes of the highway are shut down between the Woodhaven and Aramingo exits, the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management said in a tweet Sunday morning.The collapsed part of I-95 in Philadelphia on June 11, 2023.Runoff from fuel or gas lines from the burning truck has also caused explosions underground, Philadelphia Fire Department Capt. Derrick Bowmer told reporters.
Bowmer said that officials received a call about an accident at 6:22 a.m., but it was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.
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