I-95 Remains Closed In Volusia
Troopers said they will close several roads in the area indefinitely from 5 a.m. until 9 a.m. Tuesday and for the rest of the week because of smoke and fires."Starting (Monday), from 5 a.m. until approximately 9 a.m., we are going to be shutting down, regardless of smoke or not," trooper Kim Miller said.Sunday, the fires closed a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Volusia from Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange, south to Indian River Boulevard in Edgewater.
Alternate Routes
Motorists must leave home early and find alternate routes - such as U.S. 1 and State Road 520 to Orange County - to get to work and school.Interstate 95
Closure: Cheney Highway in the south Titusville area (state Road 50) to Fiske Boulevard.
Detour: To head in a north-south direction, motorists can instead use U.S. 1, which in some parts runs parallel to I-95 and is west of I-95.
Beachline Expressway
Closure: Will close from U.S. 1 to state Road 520, a roadway that bends in a crooked L shape and leads eastward to Cocoa. Detour: Motorists can take state Road 520 to head to Orange County and other parts of Central Florida. state Road 520 can be reached using I-95.
Crash Kills Two Near Fires
Earlier Sunday, two people were killed in a fiery tractor-trailer pileup on I-95, just hours after Florida Highway Patrol troopers closed off a portion of the highway due to heavy smoke conditions, according to Local 6 News partner Florida Today.Two other people were also seriously injured -- including one person who was badly burned -- in the 6:30 a.m. crash that happened at mile marker 208 in Cocoa."It was spontaneous blindness," a motorist told Local 6 News. "There was zero visibility and we could see nothing.""(Sunday), the fog and smoke came together and settled instantaneously before we could get it shut down," Miller said.Workers, including a hazardous materials team from Brevard County Fire-Rescue continued to clear away debris from the scene Sunday afternoon.Motorists were urged to avoid the area if possible Monday morning.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.- May 8, 2006: Fire Grows To 1,200 Acres In Volusia
- May 8, 2006: 1,000 Evacuated, 3 Homes Destroyed By Fires
- May 8, 2006: Official: 1,000-Acre Fire Not Fully Under Control
- May 7, 2006: 2 Dead In Pileup On I-95 After Smoke Closes Road
- May 7, 2006: New Brush Fires Ignite In Central Fla.
- May 6, 2006: Fires Force Evacuations, Close Roads In Brevard, Volusia
- May 5, 2006: 800-Acre Fire In Volusia Forces Evacuation Of Homes
- May 5, 2006: Airline Smoke Scare Blamed On Brush Fires
- May 4, 2006: Beachline Reopens After Controlled Burns
- May 4, 2006: Official: Fire Flare-Ups May Continue For Weeks
- May 4, 2006: Cocoa Beach Duplex Fire Considered Suspicious
- May 4, 2006: Brush Fire Keeps Expressway Closed In Central Fla.
- May 3, 2006: Brush Fire Threatens Homes, I-95 Reopens
- May 3, 2006: Smoke, Fog Closes I-95, Beachline For 6 Hours








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