Please shelter in place -- Authorities battle gas tanker truck fire in Bloomfield Township
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. A gasoline tanker truck caught fire Saturday on Square Lake Road near Opdyke Road in Bloomfield Township. According to Bloomfield Township Police, the area -- including parts of I-75 -- have been shut down due to the fire. Hazmat teams were called to the area. Police Tweeted that residents in the area are urged to shelter in place and to call 911 immediately if they feel ill.
I-75 to close this weekend between I-696, Square Lake Road
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. - Both directions of I-75 will be closed this weekend between I-696 and Square Lake Road in Oakland County. The Michigan Department of Transportation said this stretch of the interstate will have to be shut down while crews perform bridge demolition and pavement repair work. The closure will begin at 11 p.m. Friday and end by 5 a.m. Monday, MDOT said. "Closing both directions of the freeway is necessary to allow crews to safely remove the Dallas Avenue overpass above I-75 and repair pavement on sections of the freeway between I-696 and Square Lake Road," reads a statement from MDOT on Wednesday. This construction work is part of the ongoing I-75 modernization project in Oakland County.
I-75 to close this weekend between I-696, Square Lake Road
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. โ Both directions of I-75 will be closed this weekend between I-696 and Square Lake Road in Oakland County. The Michigan Department of Transportation said this stretch of the interstate will have to be shut down while crews perform bridge demolition and pavement repair work. The closure will begin at 11 p.m. Friday and end by 5 a.m. Monday, MDOT said. "Closing both directions of the freeway is necessary to allow crews to safely remove the Dallas Avenue overpass above I-75 and repair pavement on sections of the freeway between I-696 and Square Lake Road," reads a statement from MDOT on Wednesday. This construction work is part of the ongoing I-75 modernization project in Oakland County.
I-75 to close this weekened between I-696, Square Lake Road
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. - Both directions of I-75 will be closed this weekend between I-696 and Square Lake Road in Oakland County. The Michigan Department of Transportation said this stretch of the interstate will have to be shut down while crews perform bridge demolition and pavement repair work. The closure will begin at 11 p.m. Friday and end by 5 a.m. Monday, MDOT said. "Closing both directions of the freeway is necessary to allow crews to safely remove the Dallas Avenue overpass above I-75 and repair pavement on sections of the freeway between I-696 and Square Lake Road," reads a statement from MDOT on Wednesday. This construction work is part of the ongoing I-75 modernization project in Oakland County.