MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP)- A major Maryland highway was forced to shut down for several hours in both directions after a fuel truck caught fire.
The crash occurred Tuesday before 3 p.m. on eastbound I-70 near the Mount Airy exit.
The Frederick News-Post reported that Maryland State Police Frederick Barrack Lt. Stephen Johnson happened to be on the highway in that area when the tanker overturned.
He was approaching the truck with a fire extinguisher when it became fully engulfed in flames.
Frederick County Fire and rescue said on Twitter about two hours after the fire began that it had been extinguished, but that closures on I-70 were expected to continue into the evening. Johnson said a westbound lane reopened around 5:15 p.m. but eastbound lanes remained closed.
It was not initially clear whether anyone was seriously injured.