Gas truck fire shuts down I-35 E in both directions
Thursday, November 15, 2007 18:00 CST
LAKE DALLAS - A large truck hauling gasoline crashed and exploded shortly
before 2 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 35E in Lake Dallas, shutting down the
highway in both directions between Lewisville and Denton.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa071115_ljwz_truckexplosion...
5 p.m. update: Motorists face agonizing commute
4 p.m. update: Overturned truck was smaller than a normal tanker
Raw video: View from the ground
3:30 p.m. update: Another vehicle involved
3:10 p.m. update: TxDOT worried about melting asphalt
2:36 p.m. update: Traffic backing up
Raw video of the explosion from the air
I-35 northbound near Lake Dallas
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BREAKING NEWS
Interstate 35E is shut down in both directions near Lake Dallas after a
gasoline tanker crashed and burned. Use alternate routes.
Update: The Northbound and Southbound access roads on I-35E, at the accident
site, are now open. The main interstate, in both directions, will be closed
until at least 11:00PM tonight.
.. Raw video from the air | Raw video from the ground
.. I-35E Northbound traffic information | I-35E Southbound traffic
information | Alternate routes
.. I-35E Northbound near Lake Dallas
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Tanker Truck Explodes & Closes I-35E
HICKORY CREEK, TEXAS
Thursday, November 15, 2007 17:30 CSTl
A tanker truck crashed and caught fire on I-35E Thursday afternoon,
shutting down the highway in both directions.
Slideshow: Tanker Truck Explodes
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