A tanker fire underneath Interstate 95 northbound in Philadelphia has caused part of the highway to collapse. Video from Chopper 6 showed multiple lanes of the highway were reduced to rubble. READ MORE: 6abc.com/inter...
I live in San Francisco and this is EXACTLY the same thing that happened to a major freeway junction in Oakland in 2007. (There are actual videos of the collapse online) It was a traffic nightmare for anybody trying to get through that area. I recall the contractors got a well deserved bonus for getting the roadway repaired in less time than originally anticipated. Hopefully my my brothers in Philly will have the same luck. (You guys should hire the same contractors to fix it! )
This was always one of the most congested areas on I-95 before this tragedy I can't imagine what everybody's going to do with both North and South bound Lanes shut down at the same time. I'm glad I'm not traveling to work downtown anymore
@@MikeJones-rk1un That's still her point if you avoid pedantry. Vehicle-centric infrastructure Also they most certainly don't deliver things that are needed. Humanity has thrived with local resources in this area for thousands and thousands of years. A couple hundred years of a culture that does things backwards and unsustainably won't erase that capability
@@FalconAndTrident ok ghost of KAREN. Settle down. Very weird how you got triggered from a simple reminder to avoid pedantry. "aRroGaNt!!?". You don't seem to know what that word means
I live in San Francisco and this is EXACTLY the same thing that happened to a major freeway junction in Oakland in 2007. (There are actual videos of the collapse online) Until it got fixed, It was a traffic nightmare for anybody trying to get through that area. I recall the contractors got a well deserved bonus for getting the roadway repaired in less time than originally anticipated. Hopefully my my brothers in Philly will have the same luck. (You guys should hire the same contractors to fix it! )
@@FalconAndTrident if the bill only included infrastructure spending it would have been supported. Too much added on DEI and other social program waste.
Yeah tankers don’t just explode they are made to withstand car crashed and have the best geometric design for a gasoline tank . This was a deliberate explosion most likely from a nation state or terroirst . A- nation state borders wide open disputes will widen and grow in intensity . The only place military equipment can be transported is highways and interstates destroy a couple bridges and you can stop them for a while till the bridge builder machines come in … they would also test it first on a rural type of place like this . I think that’s very plausible . B- a terroirst- the borders are wide open hundreads of thousands of “got aways “ never identified . C - domestic terroist
Sorry guys but we are super slow in getting any highway work done here. I95 is in perpetual work and development, it will never be done and this is just another thing we are going to take forever on.
I heard they did not know anything about the truck or driver. I have been looking all over the net and can not find anything about the driver or what company owned the truck. Surely by now some company has noticed a missing truck. Has anyone else found anything about the driver or what company owned the truck? I find this odd
@Yuriy Pasternak But who was he? What company did the tanker truck belong to? Someone is missing a tanker truck full of fuel so how come no one has called looking fora missing tanker? I know that every company within 200 miles called all there drivers within minutes of this checking to see if it was one of their's. No calls leads me to think all tankers are accounted for so where did this one come from?
@Yuriy Pasternak Yes , it could of been an accident for sure . He could of also of had a heart attack , who knows 🤷♂it's just that the odds of this happening are very slim so it seems planned .
So the truck was PARKED(?) underneath the overpass and caught fire but the identity of the driver, company/owner, and the contents is yet to be known? The steel structured bridge burned unattended to the point it weakend the structure to generate a complete, clean collapse? Did I miss something?
@@userunknownloading6700 So was I correct in my initial statement? IT was parked? No ID of driver, contents or company? COMPLETE Structure failure from a "uncontrolled" fire? If so, nothing adds up...unless I missed key information
@@chiefinthemaking4964 I believe it is due to the MockingBird MSM and Government Schools have "erased" critical thinking. People are kept "occupied" in their mind by MockingBird MSM DIVISION. Question Everything. "Roads" are a HUGE money laundering "Game". This "Sunday EVENT" smells. I am trying to get solid information: an unknown driver, in an unknown tractor trailer company, PARKED(?) under (no cameras) a major (East Coast) road structure and combusted an unknow "petroleum based" substance? Track Trailer Tankers are not very EASY to ignite under any circumstance.
From the looks of it the exit ramp curved very tightly and there wasn't much room to slow down (from the days of when tractor trailers were smaller). Plus you have a tanker full of liquid that raises the center of gravity. We had a similar wreck in Maryland last year that nearly wiped out a subdivision. It's tragic that the trucker died, I hope he's at peace where ever he is.
Any fire burning long enough will weaken the metal which binds the structure together and make the concrete brittle as heck. Once one part begins to fail it drags down the rest. The concrete can only absorb so much heat before the metal inside melts and down it comes.
@AnotherCG It fell between two structural pillars. It's not like just one tiny section will fall apart; when part of the span collapses the ENTIRE section collapses. It just shows how effective the overall construction is that the vertical supports held and it didn't domino (nimitz bridge, 1989) Doesn't matter how big the fire is or how hot it is. Burn long enough and it'll result in structural failure. It's quite simple for those with common sense rather than tinfoil.
@@jackstrawfromwichita9369 - First off, I’m not your “babe”. Secondly, since 2013, there has been bc 12,500 derailments. Most aren’t very serious so they don’t typically get reported past the local area. Secondly, the increase can be attributed to cost cutting measures by the railroads. In other words GREED.
PennDOT needs to talk to GDOT here in Georgia. The same thing happened on I-85 here in Atlanta a few years ago and they got the freeway repaired in record time.
A gut feeling tells me this was deliberate ! A tanker just parked underneath a MAJOR highway just happens to catch on fire! One report says there was an explosion first. Everyone remember that the unibomber died yesterday, so is this a copy cat action? No such thing as a coincidence!
After this whole pandemic I feel like I can't trust anything now. A few years ago I would have thought nothing of it but now looking at things from a different lens, it seems very suspicious. The truck diver is no where to be found, this did not happen during the week when it was busy, and (thankfully) not one person came out with even a scratch?
should have pray before not after.. where was the guy you are praying to when this happen. Is he that lazy or selfish that unless you pray to him he wont help.. what must be a loving god
Yeah tankers don’t just explode they are made to withstand car crashed and have the best geometric design for a gasoline tank . This was a deliberate explosion most likely from a nation state or terroirst . A- nation state borders wide open disputes will widen and grow in intensity . The only place military equipment can be transported is highways and interstates destroy a couple bridges and you can stop them for a while till the bridge builder machines come in … they would also test it first on a rural type of place like this . I think that’s very plausible . B- a terroirst- the borders are wide open hundreads of thousands of “got aways “ never identified . C - domestic terroist
@@bjvu9460 What's God supposed to do? Intervene every single time disaster strikes? You're blaming God for something that was a result of humanity's poor maintenance of the tanker. You can't blame God for every disaster that strikes, examine yourself and then see if God is at fault. If God intervened every time humanity was at fault then this wouldn't be a world where free-will exists.
Anyone else thinking this was an attack on our infrastructure? The happened in several other places in the US ..w very similar instances w fuel fire and bridges
Traffic on 95 north of the Ben Franklin Bridge will be diverted to 76, 476 (from Delaware), 676 and US 1 to the Turnpike (276) and the New Jersey Turnpike via the Delaware River Bridge (south of Wilmington)
Traffic from the north from New Jersey will be diverted to 276 to either US 1 or 476 to 76 toward downtown Philadelphia or stay on the New Jersey Turnpike to the Delaware River Bridge toward Baltimore and points south
The fix would not take so long if we still made steel in Bethlehem, Pa. Are these new truss supports coming from a slow boat from China? Is the Final Report going to say these Trusses fatigued due to the fire similar to the way they said the Towers Came Down? Too Friggen Suspicious. I remember photos of highways collapsed in California but that was due to an earthquake.
Agree ! If anyone remembers the fire on I-95 in Chester Delco, early 2000's late 90's. That fire was on the bridge with a tanker truck that exploded after an accident, it never collapsed. In 2007 I was a Deputy Chief of a Fire Department, we had 1 Tractor trailer, 1 Box truck and 1 car fully involved, several people hurt, one truck driver died in the accident that I knew (friend of mine). It too was on an overpass I-95 North and South underneath the Blue route, that concrete or overpasses never gave out. They had been inspected after that for safety, passed. Only thing that they have done since 2007 is resurface it twice.
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Everyone needs to have a mic put in front of them in the cases like this and see how well they stumble thru and interview. This is a massive item and do we even know if there are bodies under there in the fire.
@@MrRadScar Yes, it is extremely unusual. About as unusual as having a fire in your house or randomly on the side of any roadway. In Atlanta's case it was because plastics were being stored under the bridge where homeless idiots could get at them. In this case it was either an accident or failure of the brakes that just happened to end up there. It's *NOT* a conspiracy. Anyone who believes that needs to have their head replaced with a ball of tin foil.
Just like the rest of Philly falling apart under the Kenney/Krasner connection. Atlanta had same thing got done in under 6 weeks. We got PennDot so it will be 6 months at best!
I dunno, guy doesn't have the clearance, or there's no sign indicating the required clearance, it scrapes the top of the trailer, creating sparks, which of course ignites the flammable liquid inside. Guy panics, jumps out of the truck, runs for cover, calls 911. Anybody wanna buy the movie rights to my script? I can sweeten the pot by having his wife cheat on him with his boss--or we can have him be paid off by some two-bit mideast terrorist organization.
For sure and was in western Canada a year or so back when most bridges on the main east west route in western Canada working round the clock in winter, watch Highway Thru Hell's last season when that was the prime story vs the wrecks. BUT, this is US and worker willingness is big issue as well as union rules.
@@NotCthulhu some people are going to think you're joking but it took 10 years to update this section of highway so who knows how long it will take them to rebuild. hopefully they get emergency funding from the fed and some outside help from the army core or engineers or something because this is going to terrorize the local economy for a while.
i suggest taking 95 in Jersey and crossing over through Camden on the Walt Whitman bridge if working from home isn't an option. otherwise an extra 3 hours won't even be enough time to get you into the city
When they already state the highway will be out of commission for a long time it means the following: Corruption, bribes, Stalling, Union, the work will be so slow it will take, at least five years to complete, Shoddy materials, shoddy construction, Need to replace whatever what was replace due to union, shoddy workmanship, corruption, bribes, you name it and the work will be slow.
With what we know about the American infrastructure, its efficiency, speed and union extortion and corruption, I think this will take at least 10 years to fix. The Philadelphia economy will f'd.
One of the worst news reporting I have seen. The pops are most likely are tires not gas lines that probably would not be allowed to be routed under a bridge.
To put it into perspective The Empire State Building was completed in 14 months with the doors wide open to the public . Pre- 1940's America would of had this bridge repaired in about 2 to maybe 3 weeks .
I doubt this was an accident, and its going to affect the food chain in your area, and your summer travel plans. Reminds me of Christy and Bridgegate some years ago.
I don't get the months timeline, I mean if the support beams have to be manufactured I get it, but are you trying to tell me that the Transportation Department doesn't have spares that can be cut to size somewhere? I mean the Interstate System is meant to be used as military highways in the event of emergencies.
This is why big trucks have to carry massive insurance policies, this overpass was like 200+ million dollars I think I heard idk if they carry that much but.
I don't think they need government agencies right now. What they need right now is a ton of photographers, and then once all evidence is gathered, they need a couple good engineers, but not too many, and then a fuckload of builders.
Awful close to another water treatment plant and yet allegedly contaminated by another tanker. That’s 4 across America and 1 in Hawaii. Farmers in Cali, Texas and now Florida to experience food shortages? Walmarts shutting down. Feels like something up!!
There is no excuse to dingle dangle on the repair. If Beijing can replace the main overpass in one day, the U.S. being the most powerful country in the world should be able to get this done within a month. Really no excuse!
"Collapsed" and "literally collapsed" mean the same thing, and we're seeing the pictures. Adding "literally" to the description over and over doesn't add anything to it. She talks like she's still in highschool. "Like, my hair is literally a mess right now and I like, can't even."
That section of I 95 nearby Cottman is vital to northeast philly. Now I-95 in Philadelphia is officially dangerous. Tanker explosion cause collapse, PA state police kills a kid, kids lock it down for donuts & burnouts, rear end collisions results in car/truck fire, road rage shootings, aggressive drivers driving too fast, drivers racing other drivers, idiot drivers cant drive while on ramping, dirt bike riders, atv drivers, people flip their cars upside down, drunk drivers kills state troopers, people still walking on the highway as if I-95 is Broad st or Aramingo Ave😬
It didn't happen quickly. It slowly sagged before collapsing. But I'm guessing that the people who could have closed the road were 9/11 truthers who "thought" that a fire couldn't take down reinforced concrete.
There's nothing in a movement joint to burn!!!! And why was a gasoline truck sitting under a bridge. If delivering, they normally wait at the drop location! And what caused it to explode? These tankers are on the roads all the time, everywhere! Something's fishy?😮
So much for infrastructure trillions we handed the government. Nothing is being improved. One overpass was built here in Minnesota, and we got a huge portion of the money.
Have you never been outside before? Roads go under highways, everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if the number of underpasses like this was in seven figures, in the US alone.
How did such a clean, straight angle break happen? I know a way to repair quickly within weeks, but makes too much sense and less money for everyone involved so let them do it in 10 years.
@@rossb5593 My point exactly, that one section has to be built and placed in there, fits like a puzzle, but nowadays, when it comes to tax payer money going to American city infrastructure, it is time and money and inconvenience for citizens.
