On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at approximately 1245 hours, a double trailer fuel tanker carrying 11,300 gallons of unleaded gasoline drifted off to the right shoulder of northbound Interstate-5 into a concrete barrier on the bridge overpass to 44th Avenue West in Lynnwood, Washington and just past northbound Exit 181A. The fuel tanker exploded shortly after impact but with enough time for the driver to escape unharmed by the explosion. The Lynnwood Fire Department used approximately 250,000 gallons of water and 8,000 gallons of foam to combat the fire. Scriber Creek flows under the overpass into a marsh about 75 yards away. This in turn flows into Swamp Creek which then empties into Lake Washington.
