Tractor-trailer carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline explodes into inferno on I-95 in CT

A tractor-trailer loaded with thousands of gallons of gasoline exploded into a fiery inferno Thursday morning on I-95 in Connecticut.
The blaze - which shut down both sides of the major East Coast artery - erupted when the truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gas slammed into another tractor trailer and a car at about 5:30 a.m., according to News 8 Connecticut.
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[@mystiquesquared]

Well. You could have pulled up another 50 feet and saved the taxpayers about 150 million for a new overpass.

[@tf2529]

Why am I thinking it was all by design?

[@ihadto5533]

Once a tanker blows there is no moving it. It doesn't work that way.... Wow

[@nathanielalgernon975]

yeah, thinking the same thing, I wonder if it went off like a bomb and couldn't move it, but he couldn't have picked a worse spot.

[@bittersweet2253]

The last one that exploded like that was also under a freeway overpass, seems like uncanny timing.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@CryptoSniper-X1clearly it’s an election year conspiracy 😮

[@ivangranger8494]

@@ObamaFromKenyaDig deeper.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@ivangranger8494 don’t need to.

[@ivangranger8494]

@@ObamaFromKenya Then you know Barry from Indo , that your patty cake coup, has been going on for a while.

[@brianvincavage7626]

Under an overpass..WHAT A SHOCK!

[@bobisgollis5168]

Under a bridge eh?... mmmmm...

[@Tsamokie]

Overpass

[@mmmjd-usa]

Is the driver legal?

[@podrushka1]

I wondered if he is alive

[@allisonoconnor8055]

Curiouser, and curiouser is this alice in wonder land😢

[@FiringSquad81]

Pls double check your equipment now that foreign soldiers have invaded

[@aliengranpa]

Foreign soldiers? Invaded?? How long was i asleep last night?

[@jackmyers5540]

you arent implying a million un-documented illegal fentynal smuggling human traffickers are a bad thing are you ? Thats racist ....

[@ivangranger8494]

@@aliengranpaWhat you don’t know, can harm you.

[@EASTCOASTIMPERIAL]

​@@aliengranpa
8 hrs and 93 seconds

[@aliengranpa]

@@EASTCOASTIMPERIAL that's...... pretty freaking accurate! 😳

[@user-ru5be4iy9t]

Bridges beind destroyed seems to be a tend on I-95 recently.

[@johnlombardo7816]

sheesh, now i see why my trucks at work were 4 hours late.. hope everyone is ok

[@pepeluismachoalfa2008]

Ojala no alla muertos

[@pacluv]

Here we go again. I don’t think that the overpass had been there for that long. Maybe like 2-3 years ago it was built.

[@cataniamommaitalia87]

Pete Bootyjuice couldn't be reached for comment

[@jackmyers5540]

ANOTHER ONE ! ? ! now its startin to look intentional........whats with the bridges ? ....." I will lay me down, like a bridge over essential infra-structure "

[@Birgeyful]

looks like a truck, not tractor

[@johnbattle7518]

Same thing

[@kkir5004]

Tractor-trailer

[@The-inspirational-moments]

Coincidence or deliberate it’s hard to judge. Drivers are told safety first so they exit right away. Can’t blame them. It probably costs less to rebuild it than to repair it.

[@April-ks8xz]

On purpose?🤔 ya know this administration hates gasoline 😊

[@ekop1778]

I LIVE NOT FAR FROM THERE
LAMONT WANTS MORE TREES CUT DOWN

[@podrushka1]

What has that got to do with

[@1000tomandben]

New bridge and highway will need to be constructed. Biden creating jobs😂😂😂

[@noway905]

I'd be checking the immigration status of those drivers there Bob!😅

[@clynch523]

Among other lists

[@SueUTube]

I guarantee you the car caused this to happen.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

Seriously? Lol. Car might have hit it bc it exploded in front of them too.