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From WICC.......I95 southbound.......tractor trailer exploded. Between exits 24 & 25. They can see the flames from their studio.

"Power surge hit neighboring towns."
"Power is out in bridgeport and fairfield."
So that´s why the lights flickered several times here. Still have power north of Bridgeport and Fairfield. Stay safe, Salatheel.

I called the Connecticut Post newsroom. The man who answered said a gas tanker ran off the highway, hit a building, and exploded. That´s all they know for now. He didn´t think any refinery had exploded.

3,698 posted on 03/25/2004 7:03:59 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)

**Channel 8 (there) is covering scene live now. Also CNN carrying story on banner now.

**That "...Fire still burning. Roadway buckled, part of northbound lane has collapsed. Tanker was carrying heating oil. Oil getting into Cedar Creek. Road will be closed at least for days, probably weeks."

**That the entire section on both sides will be closed for days.

**Another poster is saying the entire structure may collapse... that an oil fire shouldn't melt steel as this is doing. References to 9-11, etc.

3,699 posted on 03/25/2004 7:05:31 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)