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UPDATE: Driver dead, tanker explodes and residents evacuated in Bororen highway crash

A tanker, believed to be carrying ammonium nitrate collided with a utility and burst into flames at 5.15am Friday on the Bruce Highway between Daisy Dell Road and Turkey Beach Road. (Supplied)

An Emergency Evacuation Alert was issued to Bororen residents on Friday after a B-Double tanker, carrying 42-tonnes of ammonia nitrate, […]

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