Tanker ignites; Oakland interchange collapses - CNN.com: "OAKLAND, California (AP) -- An interchange connecting highways to the busy Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed early Sunday after a tractor trailer hauling 8,600 gallons of gasoline caught fire, authorities said.
The truck's driver suffered second-degree burns, Officer Trent Cross of the California Highway Patrol told KGO-TV.
The tanker ignited after crashing into a pylon on an interchange connecting westbound lanes of Interstate 80, which includes the Bay Bridge, to southbound I-880 in Oakland, officials said. (Watch I-Reporter Paul Kochli explain his video of the aftermath of the fiery truck crash Video)
The fire led to the collapse of a second interchange from eastbound I-80 to eastbound Interstate 580 located above the first interchange, Cross said.
The Bay Bridge's heavily traveled double decks run about two miles across the San Francisco Bay."
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