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Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Madeleine ()
Date: April 20, 2011 09:50PM

Anyone know what happened? We all heard sirens for a solid 20 minutes and the smoke and smell of burning rubber was strong and thick through the neighborhood I live in. Hope everyone made it out alive.

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Huntington ()
Date: April 21, 2011 12:57AM

I think a semi caught fire. I was heading from Springfield towards Old Town tonight and traffic was down to 1 lane for accident clean -up, took Franconia, at WTOP's suggestion.

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: dika-dika ()
Date: April 21, 2011 04:25AM

VIDEO: Truck Fire on I-95 in Fairfax County: MyFoxDC.com




Burning truck

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Madeleine ()
Date: April 21, 2011 07:44AM

well that would definitely explain the smoke and smell!! Amazing how the cars continue to drive around, would be worried it would explode. I heard the driver made it out okay. I hope that is true.

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: nonsmoker ()
Date: April 21, 2011 09:26AM

Madeleine Wrote:
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> I heard the driver made it out okay. I hope that is true.

Probably he or a passenger dropped his cigarette.

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Snacktime ()
Date: April 21, 2011 09:26PM

Who's bringing the marshmallows?

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: April 22, 2011 12:16AM

Do they even have hydrants along the highways, or do they have to use tankers most of the time?

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Gordon Blvd ()
Date: April 22, 2011 07:23AM

they have hydrants

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Re: Accident on 95N Tonight around 7:30
Posted by: Pinhead the Cenobite ()
Date: April 22, 2011 08:09AM

They have hydrants, but depending on the hydrant locations, you may have to lay a lot of line down to get to the hydrant. Most engines will have a ready reserve of water - 500 to 750 gallon - in the tank. That gets used first until the hydrant lines are charged and ready to supply extra water.

Of course with a fire like that, they may also have wanted foam to deal with any excess fuel.

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