Oakland freeway fire/collapse

A tanker exploded on a freeway overpass in the Oakland/Emeryville area in CA on Sunday, April 29th around 4am.
The deck collapsed and burned.
It was a connecting ramp between I-80 and I-580.
This is what 8,600 gallons (which weighs 80,000 pounds) of unleaded gasoline does when it burns.

Reports state that the fireball started on the lower deck, and the rising heat of the 3000+ degree fire melted parts of the deck above, causing it to collapse.


Seriously people, enough with the WTC comparisons.


This was originally shot an a Canon hv20 at 1080p24 HD video.

Here is a near-DVD quality version of the footage.
http://stage6.divx.com/user/Bacon_monkey/video/1207717/Oakland-overpass-fire/...

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[subsonykexorcist]

But burning fuel can't weaken a concrete/steel structure to the point of collapse. Must be a conspiracy.

[nucleardruid]

CACBCCCU, you're a perfect example of a disgrace and a left-wing-conspiracy nut. You're denying what actually has happened. People have witnessed this, and I am pretty sure a fucking tanker carrying THAT MUCH FUEL, there won't be much left of it.

[MillionthUsername]

@PooPoo2U PooPoo? Ok, thanks for sharing.

[PooPoo2U]

@MillionthUsername: Tell that to the eyewitnesses? Oh, you mean the same ones who claimed it was a military jet that slammed into the building? Or the people who said that a bomb had been dropped?

People on the street are NOT metallurgists, nor are most firefighters. Had that been molten steel it would've been reddish-orange, but no: this "molten steel" is bright yellow, which I know from experience is what melted ALUMINUM looks like on camera.

[MillionthUsername]

@PooPoo2U "No molten steel was ever found beneath the towers."

Tell that to the eyewitnesses who reported it. Watch the video clips of the firemen discussing it. They said it was like a foundry with molten metal flowing.

[bigbopper993]

@PooPoo2U hahahahahahaha,,,,,,,,,,,what the fuck is wrong with you,,,,,,,,,,,are you mental,,,,,,,,,,fuck off nancy boy and just don't even open you're mouth when all you do is listen to the mainstream media!! hhahahahahaha,,,,,,whatch the towers when they fall,,,,,,,,,watch it 100 times in a row,,,,,,,,,tell me where the jolt was when the steel supposedly gave way and the top floors came down and impacted the undamaged floors below,,,,,,and how did the top turn to dust 2/3rds of the way down?

[PooPoo2U]

@bigbopper993: Jet fuel doesn't HAVE to burn hot enough to melt steel. Steel loses about 90% of its structural integrity to deform and fail under stress.

Are you going to tell me that someone making a sword has to completely melt the steel to shape it? Of course not.

[PooPoo2U]

@MillionthUsername: No molten steel was ever found beneath the towers. If you're referring to the fact that dripping metal was shown on video during the attacks, I suggest you look up aluminum, which was a large part of the structure and which I can melt with my torch lighter.

[MovingUpp]

@KvSfan24 there is a strong debate about the ability of fires to take down steel framed structures. The claim that fires don't take down steel framed buildings is often used to support an argument for disbelief in the main media story regarding the WTC towers

[CACBCCCU]

I hear it's been renamed the "Lavon Truff Overpass"

[eswyatt]

Oh truffers, you watching?

[machwon]

@MillionthUsername <-- this man has never heard of aluminum.