A massive fireball collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 in Atlanta, sending motorists driving through billowing black smoke before the city shut down that section of the highway indefinitely.
The fire started underneath part of the highway on Thursday evening. At about 7 p.m., an elevated section of the northbound interstate collapsed, forcing frantic motorists to seek alternative routes.
An estimated 250,000 cars per day drive through that stretch of the interstate -- a major thoroughfare for traffic heading north and south through Atlanta.
While the highway is normally jammed with cars around that time, there were no fatalities, Mayor Kasim Reed said.