WATCH: Massive fire stops traffic in Connecticut after tanker crash
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- čas přidán 1. 05. 2024
- 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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The blaze - "which shut down both sides of the major East Coast artery", A lot of "major" transportation routes experiencing explosions these days.
Yeah, given what is going on in the world right now, I doubt these are really accidents. They feel, retaliatory.
While I agree, driving down there is a nightmare. Stop and go constantly.
The reason being that those "major" transportation routes are old, overcrowded, not maintained. The trucks are being driven many times my inexperienced drivers, and nobody obeys the speed limits. I live in Ct. and I use secondary roads for instate driving. When I go out of state I go in the early morning before 5 a.m. I-95 is a death trap. It is said that one of the designers of the early I/95-91 interchange in New Haven was killed there.
@@GO-xs8pj so what we got a terrorist, driving a Camaro into a tankers on purpose?
Wrong!! NY post get it right!! The tanker was rear ended by truck pulling flatbed trailer and the passenger car was to the left and got tangled up in it
It started by a car cutting off the truck. It's typical of the cars on the highways in CT, which includes 91, 84, 72, 9, and 95. I live in the state and almost got hit many times by idiots that drive over 90 mph, cutting in and out of lanes. When there is an accident, now it seems like it's always major accidents or rollovers. I wish people would just slow down and put away things that cause distractions. Focus on driving and stop this BS.
@@monadking2761you said it perfectly, these Connecticut drivers drive like their in formula one race, I don’t feel safe living here I might move back to nyc
@@Wicked_pissah
Don't come back to NY. 🤮
I drive truck I don't move or give those idiots any leeway. They wanna test fate and risk their lives? Be my guest. It's not just Connecticut either its the ENTIRE north east, west of Ohio and Richmond north is all hot garbage drivers and area. I refuse to drive truck there.
@@monadking2761I feel like in the past few months there's been a significant increase of bad drivers on the road. Not exactly sure what happened
It always amazes me seeing people standing so close to an accident when a vehicle is on fire. If something wrere explode again, it will be bad news bears.
In Europe, motorist are required to move their vehicle to the edge of the motorway. If you are in the right lane, you move right. If you are in the left lane, you move left. It opens a lane for emergency personnel to get to the scene and provide emergency services. When will we learn?
In the United States you move to the right. There’s a moniker “move to the right for sirens and lights.” The problem is most Americans have become self centered and only care about themselves and being first. P
Failure to give right of way to a Emergency Vehicle will cost you $500 plus points on your license.
In Connecticut we drive as fast as we can around everyone in the emergency lane
@@chairmanofthebored8684 Actually you're supposed to move to the right, not the left.
@@MungoFishing Get caught and It'll cost you $500 plus points.
Is this Season 4 of «Build back better»?
Trucks loaded with fuel and explosions seem to be a regular thing anymore.
A regular thing "anymore"? Anymore?? Go back to school, that is if you even went to one. 🤣🤣
We are under attack. Way too many disasters on the daily.
😢 vraiment beaucoup de courage
Just wait til the locusts get here.
@@blauskie 😂
@@blauskie I’d say 30 million illegal unvetted aliens is enough locusts.
We are at war. Idiots dont want to notice..
One night on California Interstate 5 South bound freeway. A tanker truck colluded with vehicles in a 1/2 mile long 5 lanes of traffic under ground solid tunnel. It was an inferno inside that tunnel for hours till the fuel all burnt. No way to put it out. To much heat.
I clearly remember that day, I couldn’t get home from work, and people perished. I think the bridge/overpass was damaged as well, as I remember lanes on I5 south being closed. The fire was in the truck bypass, which includes that tunnel. A very sad day for some families.
Our roads are so dangerous!
and PHONES are why and people wonder why auto insurance is sky rocking. That text/call is just so important now isn't it? NO I do NOT own a cell phone!!! I pay 30 bucks a year with Magic Jack for a home phone line. Have had it for 8 years now and it's great.
@@trvman1
Lol
I remember those tv commercials back in the day for magic jack.
What if someone has to take a dump ? 🎉
This is when a sedan comes lucky.
How did it get all across the bridge
There needs to be every mile or 3 a place where there is no concrete wall so cars can turn areound and get to the other side and eliminate this type of traffic jams
I’m waiting for the day when places that have highways 20 odd feet below ground level become a field for ending a lot of people because of the design.
The Interstates in Ct do. But they are for emergency vehicles only.
A U-turn into traffic going 60-70 mph... Did you even think about before you posted??? SMH.
@@ffjsb has it occurred to you only the police can open the gate? and traffic is gridlocked?
@@aNYCdj There are no gates on the turnarounds on the Interstates in Ct. And the only ones I ever saw use them are emergency vehicles.
My campfire is bigger than that.
That’s called a Bonfire then !
Yes i just wish it just stops father 🙏
Every time something horrible happens think abt them 400 yrs being up.
What do you mean
@@ignignoktthemooninite3679 Genesis 15;13&14 will explain exactly what I mean. READ IT.
@@ignignoktthemooninite3679 Genesis 15;13&14 Read that then look worldwide and see the Bible speak.
@ignignoktthemooninite3679 I sent that once but it was deleted.
Many years ago I was first on the scene of a tanker that ran down the embankment where I-95 and Rt 8/25 connector meet in Bridgeport. Right in back of me a State Trooper pulled up. We grabbed our extinguishers and ran down the bank to try and help the driver. He was trapped in the cab and it became engulfed in flames. We stood helplessly by and listened to his screams, calling for the trooper to shoot him. He died in the flames.
Coward cop wouldn't do it would he?
FBI will,some how blame this on the Russians!
Stuck there for 3,5 hours but dispatcher said i should have passed through 🤯🤯 Poor truck and car drivers , i hope they all are safe
Doesn't the FD have foam? I'd think they'd be using foam for that type of fire.
We have to call hazmat In that situation. The trucks that pull up in most situations carry 1000 gallons of water(engine truck) and depending on the fire then they call for a tanker( here that’s a truck with 3000 gallons and in other states it’s Ariel water tank) or hazmat. Hazmat being the foam truck that can fill up a……well a lot of space. I’m not part of hazmat crew and I honestly forgot how much it has.
One learns something new every day. Interesting, thank you.
You'd have to have a LOT more foam than what the average engine carries. They only carry about 5-10 gallons.
@@coolguymandudesomething The amount of water carried depends on whether it's rural or urband FD. Usually between 500-1,000. A tanker can be 2,000 on up. A foam supply vehicle and Haz-Mat crew would respond, and they'd have to set up foam operations. They're going to have to be able to flow about 1,500 gpm, which is around 50 gal. of foam a minute, and minimum of around 700 gallons of foam to even start.
@@ffjsb Yeah, I probably should have stated that I’m talking bout how are departments usually run here. Also the videos on your channel are great brother.
Terrifying to watch!!
This is why you ALWAYS keep s’more fixings handy
What did this tractor trailer crash with?
8,500 gallons of a liquid hazmat.
Not sure.
Whatever you do firefighters, don’t spray water on the flames!!! You might actually succeed…
They might succeed in making the situation worse,the water flowing in the gutter could be flaming fuel
You don't mix water with a petroleum fire. I learned that in like 5th grade.
CT becomes more & more like Hotel California...
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave
These comments are not funny. Someone probably just lost their life.
No they said only minor injurys! Dont make up stuff
Yeah conspiratoids don't really care about that sort of thing. They're more into baselessly claiming everything is a conspiracy or the FBI or an "inside job" or whatever as soon as it happens so they can feel like they're smarter than they really are by being in on the secret (at least that's my admittedly pscyh-101 level speculation).
I agree with you ! Someone could be dead from this fire ! So sad ! Some of these comments are not funny !
There were no fatalities thank goodness but the highway is going to be closed for indefinitely because of the overpass that was over to tanker fire is hasta be removed
There was so much traffic, and I saw what happened on TV. Sad...
If we only had a pipeline.
New York Post , Hu” That a Big Fire in. 95 H way Connecticut and your was close , you got be careful , that sun tan not going to the beach . Bless you guys your Ok 😮 . From Lillian R . 5 - 2 - 2024 .
They didn't come down the other side for the same reason they didn't let traffic down that side cause it was to dangerous
People are all in a hurry. That's the problem.
Anyone got a light?
Don’t worry, Pothole Pete is going to the Rescue
This happens every other day how is this news 😮
Jesus is lord ✝️🙏
Tanker trucks in my area drive like idiots especially in the rain.
AB
I definitely agree with you all the way!
The US is in total decline
What a BS statement to make about a fiery crash.
@@oscarjohnson9156
Out of control
@@fujironakombi6581 We've been through worse. If you are referring to a certain political party I will agree.
@@oscarjohnson9156 Collapsed infrastructure, crime, drugs, robberies, homicides, violence, corruption.....out of control.
Some people are going to experience a major flustercluck for the next
(estimated) six months at the very least!!
Employers prepare to pay plenty of overtime to keep your businesses running !!
We're are the hot dog venders!!!!!¡!!
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FURRY AXEL HAS AN EZPASS
Suicide bomber??
_Probably unrelated, but Britain recently told President Zelenskyy that he doesn't have to restrict the use of UK-donated weapons to Ukraine itself._ - j q t -
Another fuel truck just happens to crash on a bridge, shutting down a major highway? 🤔
I can't even remember the last time a fuel truck crashed and it wasn't near a bridge on a major interstate highway. 🤔
Oil not fuel...
@@ffjsb Oil is fuel. 🤦♂
@@PatrickPierceBateman Most oil is LUBRICATION.... And it's not fuel oil season kid.
@@ffjsb Oil is still a form of fuel.
@@ffjsb And the truck wasn't even carrying oil, it was carrying GASOLINE!
CIA...
Fake bot account ^
@@zackakai5173 cant handle the truth huh?
Dig for more oil
And all these people standing around breathing in those fumes….🤦♀🤦♀ Just so they can get that video! Wait until their lungs start burning and they all head to the nearest ER.
What a bunch of idiots... "We're lucky we weren't a little closer".... So why would you just sit there that close??? SMH...
Sabotage 🙃🪂
What was? Your brain?
This is the worst miniseries.
Slow news day
Marshmallows on a stick , get your marshmallows on a stick ,
💔🙏
Burrrn baby burrrn disco infernooooo🔥🪩🕺
Insane we have multiple bridges down all over the country