UPDATE: Tanker Explodes on Route 130 Ramp in Pennsauken

The driver of an overturned tanker that exploded near the Betsy Ross Bridge was rescued and taken the hospital with minor injuries, NJ Pen reports.

The tanker was carrying 9,000 gallons of fuel. It overturned on the northbound ramp from Route 130 to Route 90 Monday morning, spilling gasoline and sending smoke billowing through a nearby Pennsauken neighborhood, according to the report. No gasoline was in the water itself, but the environmental impact was expected to be “significant,” according to the report.

Firefighters from throughout Camden and Burlington counties responded, and had the fire mostly under control by 12:20 p.m.

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