{"id":458,"date":"2014-01-15T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/?p=458"},"modified":"2014-01-15T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T01:42:19","slug":"huge-flames-from-burning-diesel-tanker-truck-force-evacuations-near-truro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/01\/15\/huge-flames-from-burning-diesel-tanker-truck-force-evacuations-near-truro\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge flames from burning diesel tanker truck force evacuations near Truro"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aerial_014_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aerial_014_600.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from truropowercentre.ca\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aerial_014_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aerial_014_600-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from truropowercentre.ca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TRURO, N.S.\u2014Several houses and a seniors residence near Truro were evacuated Wednesday when a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel erupted into flames on Highway 102, just north of Halifax.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt, but motorists using the highway were forced to take a long detour as the highway was closed in both directions for more than four hours.<\/p>\n<p>As well, some businesses in the Truro Power Centre mall were also evacuated around 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP Cpl. Scott MacRae says the evacuations were a precautionary measure because there were fears the tanker could explode.<\/p>\n<p>However, firefighters were able to extinguish most of the flames by 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show a roiling mass of flames pouring from the truck and a large pillar of smoke climbing into the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRURO, N.S.\u2014Several houses and a seniors residence near Truro were evacuated Wednesday when a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel erupted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}