Driver escapes ‘fully engulfed’ cabin of burning fuel truck on I-91

A motortruck operator safely escaped the “fully engulfed” compartment of his burning motortruck portion hauling 7,500 gallons of substance connected Interstate 91 successful Connecticut Friday morning.

The blaze occurred soon earlier 8 a.m. connected I-91 astir six miles southbound of Hartford, according to Connecticut State Police. Police said the trucker “made their mode retired of the conveyance to information and sustained nary injuries.”

Wethersfield and Rocky Hill Fire Departments unopen down northbound and southbound unreserved hr postulation arsenic they enactment retired the perchance hazardous fire. Authorities said the interstate was operating arsenic mean by 11:26 a.m.

One motorist told Hartford presumption WFSB that helium waited successful postulation for a mates hours earlier getting disconnected the highway. The occurrence was reportedly extinguished by 10 a.m., but the interstate remained closed owed to the trucks highly flammable cargo.

The origin of the occurrence is unclear. A photograph of the damaged motortruck showed a wholly destroyed motortruck compartment attached to a tanker that appeared unscathed.