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Crews have begun demolishing a bridge in Connecticut after it was severely damaged by a huge tanker truck which caught fire following a crash.
The tanker truck, carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline, crashed into a tractor-trailer on the I-95 in Norwalk near exit 15 at around 5am on Thursday.
It caused a massive fireball to erupt and engulf the overpass above and caused major traffic and school closures.
There were no serious injuries despite the explosive collision but the bridge was heavily damaged.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation began demolishing the Fairfield Avenue Bridge on Friday morning to get the highway reopened.
Crews have begun demolishing a bridge in Connecticut after it was severely damaged by a huge tanker truck which caught fire following a crash
The tanker truck, carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline, crashed into a tractor-trailer on the I-95 in Norwalk near exit 15 at around 5am on Thursday
It caused a massive fireball to erupt and engulf the overpass above and caused major traffic and school closures
The tanker truck struck a tractor-trailer and then a passenger car before a huge fire erupted and spread on to the overpass.
Local firefighters responded first, putting out the flaming vehicles, and both sides of the major east coast highway were shut down.
Crews started work to demolish the damaged bridge on Friday using excavators and
