Fort Worth fire crews respond to fiery 18-wheeler collision on I-35

FORT WORTH, TX – The Fort Worth Fire Department and local police were dispatched to the scene of a fiery 18-wheeler collision on Wednesday, WFAA said. 

The incident happened before 3 a.m. in the area of Interstate 35 W and Pharr Street. Police determined that a vehicle, seenon the right side of the road, ran out of gas and was unoccupied. 

The 18-wheeler struck the aforementioned vehicle and caught on fire. 

Authorities closed the I-25 W northbound lanes for several hours, and by 7 a.m., they still appeared to be closed. 

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