The same thing happened on Route 80 in NJ in June 22 of 2001. I remembered that when I started hearing this "fire wasn't hot enough to melt steel" garbage these nutters put out. When this one happened I captured screen shots of the live coverage. Oh, I was wrong, it was 12000 gallons, about the same as the planes that hit the towers
"Fiery crash shuts down I-95"
On March 25, 2004, a traffic accident in Bridgeport reminded everyone how critical I-95 is to the area's transportation network. A tanker truck carrying 12,000 gallons of fuel oil collided with another vehicle and caught fire. The resulting blaze was hot enough to melt steel support beams on the southbound side of the newly constructed bridge over Howard Avenue....snip... Link Here
And without the kinetic energy of the impact. And all the combustables in the offices.