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Warpy

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3. I just hope the drivers all got out uninjured. Tanker truck explosions are horrible.

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 15, 2014, 04:24 PM

Aug 2014

I remember driving past the scene of one decades ago. The overpass was closed and only one lane of the highway was open, everything was melted.

The driver in this case had warning, apparently, since got that truck far over on the shoulder.

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Tanker explodes near Warrior, interstate 65 blocked [View all] dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 OP

One just exploded in Franklin Tennessee this morning. One exploded three days ago in Nashville. Lint Head Aug 2014 #1

Both on I-65.... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #2

I just hope the drivers all got out uninjured. Tanker truck explosions are horrible. Warpy Aug 2014 #3

From al.com... yallerdawg Aug 2014 #4

Three tanker explosions can't be a coincidence. You NSA people reading this. WAKE The FUCk UP! Hoppy Aug 2014 #5

It's not coincidence, it's just shitty maintenance. JoeyT Aug 2014 #6

That is down by Purdue Hill, isn't it? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #7

Yep. JoeyT Aug 2014 #8