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Fiery crash collapses Bay Area freeway

OAKLAND, Calif. - A stretch of highway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, a loss that officials said could leave freeways leading to one of the nation's busiest spans in near paralysis at rush hour. Officials said traffic will be disrupted for weeks, if not months.

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Flames shot 200 feet in the air and the heat was intense enough to melt part of the freeway and cause the collapse, but the truck's driver walked away from the scene with second-degree burns.

Would be interested to hear more information on the the driver. Was he drunk? Fell asleep?

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Officials said traffic will be disrupted for weeks, if not months.

I'd say months. A tire fire under I-95 in Philadelphia a few years ago partially melted one span, which was closed for several months. Yours looks much worse.