For What It's Worth (9,000 gallons)...

[ow_tiobe_sb]

This event occurred approximately six blocks from my family's home: clicky.  I've never witnessed (nor been quite so close to) such a blaze in my life.  :o I count myself lucky that my family did not need to be evacuated overnight, and, of course, I am grateful that no one was seriously injured.

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[Spam]

Glad your okay, good sir.

[The Phantom Eyebrow]

Scary stuff all right to have a big accident like that happen so close to where you live.  Very glad to hear that you and your family were unaffected and that there were no serious injuries.

[Dweomer Knight]

Scary.  In the area I live, tanker trucks are very restricted as to where they can and can't drive.  Does Boston have anything similiar?

DK

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Scary.  In the area I live, tanker trucks are very restricted as to where they can and can't drive.  Does Boston have anything similiar?

DK

Aye, I believe tanker trucks are prohibited from driving down the facade of the Hancock Tower and up Mayor Menino's trouser leg, but, beyond those restrictions, I doubt drivers are prohibited from driving anywhere else.  The roundabout where this accident took place has been a disaster waiting to happen for years.  The HUGE problem about the layout of the town is that one must pass through this roundabout when traveling in this direction to, say, drive into Boston, which is what the majority of the traffic in my area does.  When an accident, minor or (in this case) major, occurs, traffic backs up for miles.  :doh:

Someone at the State Department of Transportation seriously needs to return to the drawing board on this road design...

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Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

[Raptor]

Glad to hear you are alright ow_tiobe_sb.  My current job is at a monitoring center for a major international bank.  I work all night monitoring world events for any disasters or event that may disrupt their business and this story popped up in a big way on our radar, however our sources said 90,000 gallons went up.  I don't work again until friday night ill have to wait until then to see if our source updated their info to match the 9,000 gallon report.  Again, glad to hear you are alright.

[ow_tiobe_sb]

I work all night monitoring world events for any disasters or event that may disrupt their business and this story popped up in a big way on our radar, however our sources said 90,000 gallons went up.

Hmm.  That's interesting, Raptor.  This local news source (WHDH-NBC) mentions "9,400 gallons" instead of "9,000 gallons."

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[El Condor]

Yes, this was all over the morning news and, of course, traffic reports in Boston-town.  I'm glad to hear that your family is well.  Sounds verrry scarrry.

EC

[Ephemeris]

Scary.  In the area I live, tanker trucks are very restricted as to where they can and can't drive.  Does Boston have anything similiar?

DK

I woke up to this on the news this morning.  Crazy stuff almost like it was straight out of Hollywood with cars exploding and a river of flames.  I'm glad to hear everyone walked away OK.

I believe Boston restricts tankers from their tunnels in the downtown area (I-93/Davis Square) and under the harbor (Ted Williams, Sumner and Callahan) because of 9/11, although I could be wrong.  Additionally, there are several major roads (ex. Storrow Drive) inaccessible to trucks due to height clearance issues.  Some bridges may be off limits as well.

This accident happened in a relatively dense community just north of Boston, named Everett, that is home to basically all of metro Boston's fuel storage.  The gas rolled down toward the the residential neighborhood.  Without knowing the topography of the intersection, and only seeing the aerial shots, if it had flowed in the opposite direction....it would of spread into those storage facilities.

According to the news, this wasn't the first time a tanker truck rolled over there.  About 4+ years ago a truck carrying liquid asphalt flipped on it's side and spilled it's cargo.  The road was a mess of sticky goo.

[Sword]

Scary stuff, but it proves that Boston just has a history of tanks and tankers that explode. Anyone else know about the Molasses Tank explosion?

[BentonGrey]

Man, crazy!  I'm glad you and yours are alright man.

[BWPS]

WHAT 9000?!

This local news source (WHDH-NBC) mentions "9,400 gallons" instead of "9,000 gallons."

ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh, sorry.

I'm really glad to hear there weren't any serious injuries. That's really terrible but I'm glad everyone is ok.

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Scary stuff, but it proves that Boston just has a history of tanks and tankers that explode. Anyone else know about the Molasses Tank explosion?

Let us not forget, of course, that catastrophic drink tank explosion at M.I.T. in 1996.  Twenty seniors were hung(over), and fifteen underclassmen were completely wasted.  What a loss of young minds!

In fact, one of them was DJ, if memory serves me...

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