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Flaming truck loaded with flammable sealcoating on 128 ties up traffic for miles around - even in Readville

By adamg on Tue, 09/03/2024 - 9:17pm
Sealcoating truck on fire

Photo by Butternugz, who says this wasn't the worst of the fire.

Roving UHub photographer Butternugz found himself slowed to a crawl heading west on 93 south (128 north for you grizzled Boston-area drivers) in Canton shortly before 2:30 p.m. due to a New England Sealcoating truck busy going up in flames on 93 north (the former 128 south), just past the I-95 interchange:

We saw what appeared to be the passengers standing well away while firefighters and cops attended to the fire. The entire eastbound side of the highway was stopped, backed up for at least 3 miles. The traffic was still terrible by 5:30 on our way home, about 1.5 hours on back roads from Newton to Randolph.

Looks like no one was hurt thankfully!

Of course, our back roads weren't designed for highway levels of traffic. Jake, another non-roving UHub photographer, found himself stuck at an intersection that rarely sees traffic:

Normally quiet side streets in Readville are gridlocked as far as the eye can see.

Traffic-clogged Readville intersection
Neighborhoods: 
Hyde Park
Canton
Topics: 
Driving
Fire
Free tagging: 
Rte. 128
I-93
Readville


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Comments

By anon on Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:58pm.

What exactly gets done during investigation and who investigates? Environmental impact studies? Medical risks for people and animals exposed? Water pollution? Land contamination? Operator and the entity responsible for preparing and loading the vehicle? Wow.

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By Lanny Budd on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 8:17am.

So ya wanna go south on 93 north. Be there in no time.

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By Tim Mc. on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 9:03am.

don't breathe that.

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By Nick Yudin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 9:05am.

Traffic was a mess yesterday, as the school buses got rolling again. I am glad nobody got hurt in the fire.
I have to take issue with the statement about normally quiet streets in Readville, however. Anyone who has had the pleasure of driving through the intersection at Hyde Park Ave and Milton St knows that it is not quiet. The area is the home for the school buses of Boston.
Our planning board has approved over 500 units of housing for the area.
Sounds like good planning!

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By adamg on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 10:19am.

I meant streets like the one Jake photographed, not those coursing rivers of commerce/cut-throughs for suburban drivers like Hyde Park Avenue.

But, hey, at least there are traffic lights at HPA and the Father Hart Bridge now.

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By Lanny Budd on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 1:01pm.

I swear to the gods that the introduction of lights at the FHB added at least two years to my lifespan.

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