On Sunday morning, a fuel tanker struck a bus on Interstate 595 and caught fire, sending one person to the hospital, according to authorities.
The collision occurred close to Flamingo Road after ten in the morning, according to Davie Police.
The victim was sent to the Broward Health Medical Center, according to fire rescue.
Heavy black smoke poured from the downed truck as it burned in the westbound lanes of I-595, according to footage taken at the scene.
Around ten in the morning, the event occurred at Exit 2.
Chernéy Amhara said the heat from the flames was tremendous when she drove past the burning fuel tanker early in the morning.
Amhara remarked, “I could feel the heat through my car,” “I could see as I approached a ball of fire.”
In an effort to extinguish the fire, crews were observed dousing the truck with white foam.
Minutes after the collision, cellphone footage showed a number of people encircling a man without a shirt.
We had conversations with a number of witnesses to the explosion.
Sandra Gutierrez remarked, “We were driving over here in 595 West going to Weston and we saw a big, big flame going up on the air, it was so crazy.”
Victoria and other neighbors noticed a big cloud of black smoke while strolling along 125th Street in Plantation.
She claimed to have seen the black smoke. It was somewhat frightening. “I came from over there, and you figure it’s chemical, you know.”
Victoria claimed that she was terrified to breathe in the smoke and started filming cellphone footage from a distance.
She remarked, “I had to breathe through the towel for a while because there were some toxic fumes coming thick, but fortunately I had my towel.”
The number of individuals on the bus and in the fuel tanker has not been disclosed by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Tow trucks used cranes to carefully lift the fuel tank and started cleaning up the area hours after the huge fire.
Additionally, hazmat personnel keep up their cleanup efforts on the freeway.
Sunrise Fire Rescue and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue provided assistance in the incident.
As personnel continue to work the site, the express lanes and westbound lanes of I-595 are still closed.
Since then, the investigation has been taken over by FHP.
In order to learn more about the bus, its driver, and its passengers, we contacted Broward Transportation.
