I-75 Tanker Explosion in Michigan

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iE4fvdTGYo4gnUTwN9G8LUn-xSRAD99F9CS00 HAZEL PARK, Mich. Flames are shooting hundreds of feet in the air from a gasoline tanker explosion that has forced the shutdown of an interstate north of Detroit. Interstate 75 in Hazel Park, about 10 miles north of downtown Detroit, was shut down Wednesday evening. Radio station WWJ-AM reports that an overpass at the crash site collapsed after the tanker and a tractor-trailer collided about 8:30 p.m. The station says several other vehicles may have been involved in the crash, but only one minor injury was immediately reported. A Hazel Park Fire Department dispatcher says he cannot immediately provide details. Witnesses say flames and black, billowing plumes of smoke are reaching 150 to 200 feet into the air. WWJ reports gas that has reached sewers along the freeway has caught fire.

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YouTube | July 16, 2009

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