EXPLODING TRUCK’S DEADLY FIREBALL
AT least one person was killed and more than 60 injured on Monday when a tanker truck crashed into a lorry, sending a fireball across a motorway in the Italian city of Bologna.
The blast, which occurred close to Bologna Airport, caused a partial collapse of a flyover onto another road below, filling the scene with flames and black smoke.
It took firefighters nearly two hours to extinguish the fireball, which spread to vehicles parked in a nearby car lot.
Then rescuers began the delicate task of looking through the burned out debris to find any victims.
Most of the injured suffered burns with police and firefighters among those badly hurt.
Others were injured by pieces of flying debris and glass.
The prosecutor has opened an inquiry into the accident.