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A speeding tanker truck with 8,600 gallons of gasoline slammed into a guard rail near the Bay Bridge early today, sparking an explosion and intense fire that collapsed the ramp from eastbound Interstate 80 to eastbound Interstate 580, the California Highway Patrol said.

Portions of the heavily traveled MacArthur Maze will be closed for weeks, if not months, causing the worst traffic disruption in the Bay Area for commuters since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

CHP officer Trent Cross said the driver of the tanker truck crawled out of the passenger window, walked down the ramp to a gas station and took a taxi to a nearby hospital.

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