Portion of Interstate 95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker fire burns under overpass

6abc TV ^ | June 11 2023 | 6abc Digital Staff

[dennisw]

Let’s see how long it will take for Mayor Pete to get his C19 vaxxxed +boosted ass to Philadelphia. Which is what? 70 miles from DC?

[Tired of Taxes]

The article says: "The fire was strikingly similar to another blaze in Philadelphia in March 1996, when an illegal tire dump under I-95 caught fire..."

I recall a tanker also overturning in probably '98 or '99 on a different section of I95 Philadelphia.

Amazing there were no fatalities or injuries this time around.

[fatima]

As he was driving he saw fire apparatus going the other way.He said to himself must be a bad fire.:)

[texas booster]

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/breaking-tanker-fire-closes-i-95-in-northeast-philadelphia/3583285/

The Gov thinks that they can have traffic running up and down I95 in “months”.

My Over/under is three years …

[COBOL2Java]

This is going to be difficult to explain, because you know concrete and steel don’t melt and burn to failure.

That's right! Perhaps the PA authorities should hire Rosie as a technical expert on the issue...

[Tired of Taxes]

Sad news... I spoke too soon when I wrote, "Amazing there were no fatalities..."

Human remains found after Philadelphia I-95 collapse

[Tired of Taxes]

The truck driver was killed. The family says he had a spotless driving record, and he drove this route all the time.

Family identifies truck driver found dead in rubble of I-95 collapse

Family members said Moody was a married father of three and Army veteran who owned his own truck. Moody's cousin, Alex Moody, described him as a hardworking family man who lived in the Philadelphia area and had been driving trucks for a decade.

"My cousin is a hardworking man. Family man. Good husband and father to his wife and daughter," Alex told NBC10. "We've always been cool and tight. He's very mild mannered. Calm guy. Really calm person. He gets along with everybody."

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Family members said Nate drove the same route in and around the I-95 on-ramp all the time. They also told NBC10 he had a spotless driving record and delivered gasoline to Wawa stores across the region.

"Nobody ever bothers to look at who could have caused that truck, what could have caused that truck, how could that truck have lost control," Isaac said.