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Fireball on the Turnpike: Truck with over 240 propane tanks explodes in St. Lucie Co.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — An early morning blaze transformed a stretch of the Florida Turnpike into a chaotic scene as firefighters battled a commercial vehicle fire engulfing a truck loaded with over 240 propane tanks.
The St. Lucie County Fire District said that the fire occurred at 6:05 a.m. Wednesday at mile marker 168 in Fort Pierce, between the Fort Drum Service Plaza and the Port St. Lucie–Fort Pierce Service Plaza on the Florida Turnpike, where a truck was transporting the propane tanks.
Upon arrival, firefighters reported finding a challenging situation with multiple propane tanks venting and exploding…