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US highway collapses after truck catches fire

12 Jun 2023 10:52am
Firefighters work at a collapsed portion of Interstate 95, caused by a large vehicle fire, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 2023. Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP.
Firefighters work at a collapsed portion of Interstate 95, caused by a large vehicle fire, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 2023. Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP.
A portion of collapsed road caused by a large vehicle fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collapse took out four traffic lanes along an elevated section of the heavily traveled motorway, though no injuries were immediately reported. (Photo by Handout /Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management /AFP)
A portion of collapsed road caused by a large vehicle fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The collapse took out four traffic lanes along an elevated section of the heavily traveled motorway, though no injuries were immediately reported. (Photo by Handout /Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management /AFP)
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NEW YORK - A section of a busy highway on the East Coast of the United States collapsed on Monday after a tanker carrying petrol caught fire underneath an overpass, reported Xinhua.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said at a press briefing that no injuries had been reported, and the authorities were working to "identify any individual who may have been caught in fire".

Traffic in both directions of the highway was halted. Video clips showed emergency vehicles gathered in the vicinity of the collapsed overpass.

According to the governor, the northbound side of the road had completely collapsed, while the southbound lanes had been deemed structurally unsound. It would take a "number of months" to restore the "critical artery".

The US National Transportation Safety Board said it would send a team to investigate the accident. - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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