[WSGilcrest]

Thank God this happened early Sunday morning. This is one of the busiest freeway interchanges in the country. Good video at link.

[WSGilcrest]

ugh. Where’s my coffee. A rare double post

[csvset]

That’s going to snarl traffic.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Bay Area ping.

[expatguy]

Ain't technology great. Im in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia watching this live just 5 minutes after it happened

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[milford421]

Massive natural gas pipeline explosion in Illinois this morning too...

I’m waiting for details on the tanker explosion...under the overpass...were any other cars involved? Crash?

[raybbr]

This is one of the busiest freeway interchanges in the country.

Really? It would be nice to know what part of the country this is.

[raybbr]

[RGSpincich]

There must be some mistake. Rosie says that fire doesn’t melt steel.

[cripplecreek]

Sounds like the driver was lucky.

[csvset]

Was any steel melted in that fire? If so, please advise Rosie “The Pig “ O’Donnell.

[SE Mom]

bookmark

[mewzilla]

Wow.

KPIX TV Coverage

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Driver’s name?

[azhenfud]

But, but, but,.....according to Rosie, fire shouldn’t have caused the collapse of a steel reinforced structure...

[tubebender]

Trumpets please...I see Sir Arnold coming over the hill on a white horse to tell us we have a blown up box bridge...

[null and void]

Monday is going to be a mess. Sounds like the driver stuck around and tried to put the fire out?

[weegee]

A tanker truck blew up Friday morning in Houston at 59 south ramp leading to I-10. Driver dead with vehicle.

I never did hear what his load was. Something from the petrochemical industry here I believe.

It is supposed to shut down the ramp for 2 months while they inspect its structure.

[TN4Liberty]

If it was deliberate, it was probably the Oakland Chamber of Commerce.

[ThePythonicCow]

A chronicle of CHP (California Highway Patrol) and Caltrans (California Transportation Dept) events involving this fire and freeway collapse, from Sigalert.com:

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80 West to 880 South Connector

 Report of Fire

 4:55 AM

	Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 629, Grid 7E
	96-83 Advise North 880 to East 80 Can Be Opened Up Not Smoke Affecting Trfc	5:05 AM
	Caltrans Cpz//nb880 to East 80 Flyover Will Be Opened Soon	5:09 AM
	Per 96-177 West 580 Prior to Maze Open	5:11 AM
	North 880 to East 80 now Open Per 96-V1	5:12 AM
	Caltrans Cpz//nb 880 to East 80 Open	5:13 AM
	CHP Transportation Management Center Copies, Please Confirm What is Still Closed	5:13 AM
	Can Caltrans Please Respond With Sign Board West 580 to West 80	5:14 AM
	Tmt Sign Trucks Have Been Notified	5:17 AM
	Can Caltrans Please Advise ETA for Sign Truck Unit is Having Hard Time Keeping Flares Lit West 580 to West 80	5:27 AM
	CHP Transportation Management Center Copies Lane 18, Thank You	5:32 AM
	Per Ofcr Cross--ETA 10	5:34 AM
	Caltrans Inq//is West 580 Open to West 80 ?	5:34 AM
	96-S6 Cpy Lane 25 /26 Advise D Not at this Time	5:40 AM
	Per 32-81 East 80 at East 580 Has Whole Closure Signs and Cones Up	5:41 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	5:46 AM
	***eb	5:50 AM
	***nb 880 to East	5:51 AM
	***580 Closed from East	5:52 AM
	CHP Transportation Management Center Copies Public Affairs Officer 97, Please Advise Where to Direct All Media	5:53 AM
	Public Affairs Officer On Scene	5:53 AM
	Regarding Lane 23 this Location Requested is Still Closed West 580 to West 80	5:57 AM
	Per 96-177--Regarding Lane 20 this is not Sufficient Will Need 2 Sign Boards 1 with Arrow and 1 with Warning 3 Signs Would Be Best	5:57 AM
	Message/Item Delivered 96-S5 to Send Units to Replace Grave Units As Assigned to Respective Location Requested S	5:58 AM
	Tanker Had 8600 Gallons of Reg Unleaded Gasoline	5:59 AM
	***wb 80 to South 880 Closed***	6:01 AM
	Public Affairs Officer Cpys Lane 43 /45	6:04 AM
	** Staging Area for Media-West 80 Transition to South 880 **	6:05 AM
	Highway Emergency & Weather Advisory Bulletin Report 1 Sent /1039 96-S8	6:07 AM
	**** Closures **** West 80 to South 880 / East 80 to East 580 / West 580 to West 80	6:08 AM
	Caltrans Reporting North 880 Closure at 7th, Can You Advise Please	6:10 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:12 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:13 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:13 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:23 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:36 AM
	177 En Route to On Ramp W Grand to Shut It Down	6:43 AM
	North 880 to East Closed But Vehicles Coming on from W Grand 96-8 Cpys	6:43 AM
	Please Respd Caltrans With Cones and Signs W Grand to Shut Down On Ramp	6:47 AM
	Message/Item Delivered Jenkins	6:48 AM
	Message/Item Delivered Dotcc	6:48 AM
	CHP Unit on Scene	6:48 AM
	Per 96-C Make Sure Valley Transportation Management Center Message Sign Signs Are Used-Message/Item Delivered Valley Tmc(darlene)	6:53 AM
	Regarding Line 86 /1039 32-S3	6:54 AM
	Per Ofcr Farmer / Cal Transition Needs Unit East 80 to East 580-Vehicle S Going Thru	7:10 AM
	Opd Line Ll Unable to Close Maritime and W Grand On Ramp Until CHP 97	7:17 AM
	Will Advise Opd Line 99 / Message/Item Delivered Opd	7:20 AM
	W Grand at Frontage Road Need Caltrans Here / With Sign Truck and Cones Please	7:22 AM
	West 580 to Bridge Open and Roadway Open	7:34 AM
	CHP Unit Enroute	7:34 AM
	---Callers Advising Vehicles Going West 80 E/of Tp Are Cutting Across All the West Lanes Inorder to Get Post 1 to Go Back East--	7:37 AM
	CHP Transportation Management Center Copies West 580 to Bridge Open	7:37 AM
	Message/Item Delivered 19-Officer In Charge	7:42 AM

[Not just another dumb blonde]

I hate to sound kinda tin foil about this, but something smells fishy. I’ll hold my tongue until I find out how this tanker managed to explode, and who the driver is. Of course, I could just be paranoid.