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Explosion temporarily closes interstate in Florida

Interstate 75 near Tampa, FL, was shut down for more than four hours Wednesday night after a tanker truck full of fuel exploded.

The Associated Press reports the chain-reaction wreck started with a pickup truck rear-ending a car and the car hitting the side of the passing tanker.

The truck driver got out before the explosion, but the driver of the car was killed, The AP reported.

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