Huge gas tanker fireplace closes I-10 in New Mexico
Authorities in New Mexico are investigating a gas tanker fireplace that pressured the closure of I-10 in Las Cruces in a single day and into Wednesday morning.
Firefighters responded round 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, to I-10 on the I-25 interchange in Las Cruces for a report of a industrial automobile fireplace on the I-10 flyover to I-25 north, based on the Las Cruces Hearth Division.
When crews arrived on the scene, they discovered a gas tanker truck utterly engulfed in flames “with fireplace extending from the bridge down onto the shoulder of I-10.”
Firefighters have been capable of extinguish the fireplace with assist from Hazmat groups and air assist by round 9:20 p.m.
PHOTOS: A gasoline tanker exploded in Las Cruces final evening on the I-10 and I-25 Interchange. Whereas the large fireplace has since been put, the whereabouts of the motive force are nonetheless unknown. @KFOX14 pic.twitter.com/9ZXTc74UbG
— Salina Madrid (@SalinaKFOX14) July 12, 2023
Authorities say that that is believed to be a single automobile crash.
New Mexico State Police say no accidents have been reported.
“The I-10 flyover to I-25 is closed. Each instructions of I-10 are closed beneath the flyover. Eastbound visitors on I-10 is being detoured at College Avenue whereas I-10 westbound is being detoured on the Mesquite Exit. I-10 visitors is being detoured to south Foremost Avenue. The I-10 flyover and each instructions of I-10 will stay closed all evening and nicely into Wednesday whereas investigators map the world and crews clear particles. Division of Transportation engineers will probably must preserve the roadways closed till the I-10 bridge and I-10 lanes are absolutely inspected,” the Las Cruces Hearth Division mentioned.
New Mexico State Police will probably be main the crash investigation.
