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Oil tanker crash on Highway 855 causes fire

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Alex Antoneshyn

Updated: August 31, 2025 at 7:30PM EDT

Published: August 31, 2025 at 12:18PM EDT

Crews are working to extinguish a fire caused by an oil tanker crash on Highway 855 Sunday morning

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