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Liquid oxygen fire closes Interstate 5 during rush hour

TVFR investigators credit truck driver for quickly pulling off the freeway to minimize the danger

  • By: Josh Kulla  
  • Published: 5/14/2012 8:42:28 PM
  • Last Updated: 5/14/2012 8:44:11 PM
Photo By: Courtesy Tualatin Valley Fire and RescueThis tanker truck carrying liquid oxygen suffered a failed valve and caught fire during the Monday evening rush hour on I-5 in north Wilsonville.
Fire investigators are crediting a truck driver for quick thinking Monday night when his tanker full of liquid oxygen caught fire just south of Elligsen Road on Interstate 5 in Wilsonville.



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