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UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY,
THANKS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS, SEE
THAT SMOKE THIS AFTERNOON.
REBECCA MADDUX WAS JUST ONE OF
MANY VIEWERS WHO SENT PHOTOS TO
REPORT IT.
WHEN A FIREY CRASH CLOSED PART
OF I-74 IN SHELBY COUNTY.
THE INTERSTATE WON'T PHILLY FULN
UNTIL 24.
THE CRASH INVOLVING A SEMI
CARRYING DREASEAL FUEL.
Reporter: THAT FUEL IGNITED.
PHOTOS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES OF
THE FLAMES AND THE SMOKE JUST
AFTER THAT CRASH ON I-74.
NOW, IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE NEAR
EASTBOUND.
THAT'S ABOUT 20 MILES FROM
SHELBYVILLE.
FIRST IMAGES OF THIS FIREY CRASH
WERE CAUGHT ON HOME VIDEO.
DARK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM A
BURNING SEMI.
FIRE CREWS CROWDING THE SCENE.
MILES WAY.
OTHER PICTURES FROM VIEWERS WERE
JUST AS STRIKING.
IT'S ON FIRE.
IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE.
BIG BLACK SMOKE AND FLAMES JUST
EVERY PLACE.
Reporter: PEOPLE LIVING ALONG
THE INTERSTATE HEARD THE CRASH
BEFORE THEY SAW IT.
I WAS SITTING IN MY FRONT
ROOM AND I HEARD A BIG BOOM.
USUALLY I THINK IT'S A TRACTOR
TIRES, YOU KNOW, ON THE SEMIS.
I GOT UP AND LOOKED OUT MY
KITCHEN WINDOW AND THERE WAS
JUST A GULF OF FLAMES I CALLED
911 AS SOON AS I COULD.
TRIED TO GET THEM OUT HERE, BUT
IT JUST KEPT BLOWING UP, BLOWING
UP.
Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THE
SEMI WAS HEADING EASTBOUND RIGHT
FREQUENNEXT TO A PASSENGER CAR.
IT APPEARED THE SEMI DRIVER
WAS FATIGUED AND FELL ASLEEP
POSSIBLY.
Reporter: THE SEMI CROSSED
THE CENTER LINE NONING THE
PASSENGER CAR.
THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI
RIGHT.
STRUCK THE GUARDRAIL RIGHT UP
HERE BEHIND US, THEN JOKED IT
BACK TO THE LEFT AGAIN, WENT
ACROSS AND HIT THE MEDIAN IN A
SIDE WAYS MOTION WHEN HIS TRUCK
STRUCK THE MEDIAN, THE TRACTOR
FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND THE SEMI
TANKER ACTUALLY FLIPPED UP IN
ROADWAY.
Reporter: IT BURST IN TO
FLAMES, THE DRIVER COULDN'T
ESCAPE.
I JUST HOPE GOD IS WITH HIS
FAMILY RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: A 71-YEAR-OLD MAN
FROM CARMEL WAS IN THE CAR
SIDESWIPED BY THE SEMI.
HITS CAR STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN.
HE WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE
SMOKE, BUT HE IS OKAY.
DRIVER.
IT MAKES YOU THINK TWICE.
IT WAS REAL SCARY.
Reporter: OFFICIALS HAVEN'T
YET IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OF THE
SEMI.
NOW, BECAUSE OF FLAMES WERE SO
HOT, OFFICIALS ACTUALLY HAVE TO
REPLACE THAT PART OF THE
ROADWAY.
AGAIN, THEY SAY THAT STRETCH OF
HIM OF 74 EASTBOUND WILL BE
CLOSED UNTIL AT LEAST NOON
TOMORROW.
THEY ARE DETOURING TRAFFIC ONTO
THE FRONTAGE ROAD THERE.
WELL, AND I AM CURIOUS ABOUT
SOME OF THE HOMES AND SOME OF
THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS IT LOOKED LIKE
FIRE.
SO WERE THEY BURNED AT ALL,
PROBLEMS?
NO.
THE FRONTAGE ROAD IS VERY CLOSE
TO THE ROAD, BUT THE HOMES ARE
SETBACK A BIT.
THEY SAY ALTHOUGH THEY WERE
CONCERNED, THEY WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT SEMI DRIVER AND WHO