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Tanker Falls Onto Car and Ignites, Killing Four

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From Times Wire Reports

A tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of fuel toppled onto a car and ignited, killing four people in the car in a fire so hot it melted the tanker on a busy highway ramp near Fort Lauderdale, authorities said.

The tanker truck was hauling 9,000 gallons of fuel when the driver lost control on the Florida Turnpike, flipping onto a car and pinning it against a guardrail. The truck then burst into flames that shot 30 feet into the air and sent a stream of liquefied metal onto the pavement.

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