Fuel and Beer Trucks Crash, Ignite Blaze on Via Dutra, Forcing Two-Way Traffic at Serra das Araras

Overview

• Authorities say a fuel tanker overturned near km 229 in Piraí shortly before 3 p.m., and a beer truck then collided with it, causing an explosion and fire.
• The Fire Department was alerted at 2:48 p.m. and extinguished the flames about an hour later.
• Two people suffered minor injuries and received care from the highway concessionaire CCR Rio SP.
• The Federal Highway Police began two-way operations on the uphill lane at 4:10 p.m. to keep vehicles moving.
• CCR Rio SP reported queues of about seven kilometers toward Rio and six kilometers toward São Paulo as removal and traffic management continued.