I-95 Reopened After Big-Rig Fire
Tractor-Trailer Carried Caustic Chemicals
POSTED: Thursday, July 9, 2009
UPDATED: 5:22 pm EDT July 9,
2009
SCOTTSMOOR, Fla. -- Authorities reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 Thursday evening after closing the highway for more than 12 hours.
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A United Parcel Service tractor-trailer hauling caustic chemicals caught fire and burned on the highway Thursday morning.The fire was first reported at 1:15 a.m. at mile marker 230 in Scottsmoor. Traffic officers diverted motorists off the interstate toward U.S. Highway 1 as a private cleaning crew arrived after sunrise to remove the burned-out debris piece-by-piece.No one was injured in the fire.“The truck completely burned, but it was contained," Orlando Dominguez, spokesman for Brevard County Fire-Rescue, told Local 6 News partner Florida Today.He said the tractor-trailer contained a variety of chemicals, including nickel sulfate and hypophosphate ammonia. Dominguez described the chemicals as lung irritants.“It was a UPS truck and apparently one of its tires caught on fire and spread to the rest of the vehicle,” Dominguez said.An investigation into the fire continues. Copyright 2009 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
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