A section of one of the busiest highways in the eastern United States collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday morning after a tanker truck fire.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at a news conference that no one traveling on Interstate 95 (I-95) was injured, but authorities were still working to “identify anyone who may have been caught in the fire.” of the tanker truck, which was traveling on a secondary road below I-95.
A section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia collapsed after a gas tanker caught fire under an overpass. Pennsylvania governor says it will take months to rebuild https://t.co/wKKs80t1r3 pic.twitter.com/1Dlk3ZpzSl
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Images broadcast on local television show a huge cloud of black smoke at the time of the fire, as well as the four lanes of this section of highway abruptly opening onto the road below.
I-95 is one of the major highways on the East Coast of the United States. The closure of the northeast gateway to Philadelphia, a city of about 1.5 million people, will have “a significant impact on the city and region until reconstruction is complete,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. message published on the social network Twitter. .
Source: DN
