![]() City of Groton Mayor Keith Hedrick said flaming debris fell from the bridge and caused brush fires below, but no one on the ground there was injured. Videos from the scene showed flames burning and smoke rising from a lengthy section of the bridge and spreading to land on the Groton side. "Billowing smoke, incredible flames, pouring right down through the pipes, spilling out into the Thames River.” ![]() “It looks like a passenger vehicle tire blew out, creating an incident" with the truck, which tipped over, he said. “This was a tragic accident at 11:15 this morning,” Lamont said. State environmental crews worked to contain the spill. Ned Lamont and other officials said at an afternoon news conference that the truck spilled about 2,200 gallons (8,340 liters) of home heating oil, and some of it went into the river. More than 60,000 vehicles a day travel over the spans, according to the state transportation commissioner, Garrett Eucalitto. Northbound lanes were soon reopened, and two of the southbound lanes reopened early Friday evening, providing some relief for drivers. The Gold Star actually comprises two steel truss bridges, one for southbound traffic and the other for northbound. on the southbound side of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge carrying the highway over the Thames River between New London and Groton. Officials said the truck driver died and other people were injured. A crash involving a fuel delivery truck and a car sparked a spectacular fire on a major Connecticut highway bridge Friday, with flames spreading to land on one side and officials closing Interstate 95 in both directions during the blaze.
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