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Authorities Blow Up Leaking Butane Tanker

BATON ROUGE - Workers removed a dangerous load from a disabled tanker truck last night in a most spectacular fashion.

I-10 reopened this morning in both directions after being closed for
more than 24 hours following a crash involving the tanker truck.

Late Wednesday night, a state hazardous material response team performed
a "vent and burn" procedure on a tanker truck which had been disabled
since early that morning.

The tanker had been leaking a fuel similar to liquified propane, and
officials had determined it was too dangerous to move the rig or offload
the material.

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Added: Aug-23-2012 Occurred On: Aug-22-2012
By: sakb
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Regional News, Other Entertainment
Tags: tanker, gas, explosion, butane, louisiana, interstate, accident
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
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