JUST IN: Rescue workers pull a body from the wreckage of the explosion under an I-95 overpass in Philadelphia.
Rescue workers pulled a body from the wreckage Monday of the tanker truck fire beneath an Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia.after the fiery tanker blastPolice have not identified the victim and when asked at a press conference whether this was the driver, Pennsylvania State Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll said"I will defer to the medical examiner for comment on that."
Workers inspect and clear debris from a section of the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 95 after an oil tanker explosion in Philadelphia, on June 12, 2023.Contractors hired by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will be working around the clock"in an effort to try and speed up the solution," Carroll added.
Asked whether this now-wrecked section of highway had recently been inspected, Carroll said"the bridge was just fine before the accident." Herrmann said highway overpasses made of concrete and steel appear to be non-flammable but they are"susceptible to high heat."
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