A GASOLINE TANKER WRECKED AND CAUGHT FIRE Monday morning in Mesquite, Texas. The crash occurred around 4:30 am Central time at an I-30 underpass and lead to the shutting down of the freeway for over an hour. WFAA-TV Dallas reporting on the incident said that witnesses said the driver of a gravel truck may have been involved in the accident. The gravel truck was observed leaving the scene immediately after the explosion. WFAA-TV also filed this video report:
The driver of the tanker was able to escape without injury. The FD elected to let the fuel burn off and were still on the scene 90 minutes later. The video shows that the tanker was completely destroyed. The Mesquite FD says that there is no determination yet on how the accident occurred.
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