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Tanker Fire Shuts Down Bruckner Expressway
NY 1 ^

Posted on 10/04/2005 12:11:42 PM PDT by sono

Tanker Truck Fire Shuts Down Bruckner Expressway

October 04, 2005

A tanker truck has burst into flames near the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, shutting down traffic on the highway in both directions.

The Fire Department say the explosion happened at 1344 Bruckner Boulevard near the Hunts Point drawbridge shortly after 2 p.m. It is still unclear exactly what caused the tanker to catch fire.

Fire crews are now on the scene trying to extinguish the blaze.

As a result of the fire, the Bruckner Expressway and Bruckner Boulevard are closed in both directions until further notice.

NYC Transit says the No. 6 train has also been suspended from Third Avenue to Parkchester in both directions because of the fire and smoke conditions.

NY1 will have more on this breaking news story as soon as more information becomes available.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: i95; tanker; tankercrash; tankerfire; tankertruck; truckcrash; truckfire

1 posted on 10/04/2005 12:11:42 PM PDT by sono
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To: sono

amtrak shut down too


2 posted on 10/04/2005 12:12:38 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: finnman69

Thank God the Yanks play in LA ...


3 posted on 10/04/2005 12:35:36 PM PDT by sono
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To: sono

We hear about all of these nowdays, so it SEEMS like there are more of them.

But I wonder if there really ARE more of them?


4 posted on 10/04/2005 12:50:06 PM PDT by konaice
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To: sono
Expect price at the pump to go up $.50 tomorrow. (half joking).
5 posted on 10/04/2005 1:22:12 PM PDT by Apercu ("Res ipsa loquitur")
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To: sono

It's Bush's fault.


6 posted on 10/04/2005 1:41:29 PM PDT by Cobra64
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