Propane truck on fire; fuel burning off - Palmer, Mass.

Propane truck on fire; fuel burning off

Truck hit pole near Osterman Gas

Updated: Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 10:38 PM EST
Published : Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 10:21 PM EST

• Ryan Walsh

PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) - Sargeant Christopher Burns of the Palmer Police Department told 22News that a propane tractor trailer hit a telephone poll while it was manuervering around Osterman Gas at 1 Blanchard St. in Palmer.

Electrical lines fell on the truck and started a fire.

The fire engulfed the cab of the truck and some of the tanker.

Police and fire departments are letting the fuel burn off the truck.

Palmer police evacuated a 3/4 to 1 mile radius in the area as a precaution.
No one was hurt and Sgt. Burns told 22News that the "hazard is diminishing."
Roads are blocked from Rt. 20 East of Thorndike to the Brimfield line and on Rt. 32 south of Main St. in Palmer to the town line of Monson.
A shelter is set up for these displaced families at Converse Middle School, near Legion Field in Palmer.