RED ALERT TRAFFIC: Tanker truck crash, fire shut down Turner Turnpike for 3 hours

UPDATE:  Traffic is moving from Oklahoma City to Tulsa as the eastbound lanes open up on the Turner Turnpike about 5:40pm Wednesday.

Westbound lanes were reopened shortly after 7 P.M.

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A crash between two semi-trucks has caused a fire that has shut down the Turner Turnpike near Sapulpa.

Both directions of the Turner Turnpike at mile marker 213 were shut down around 4:15 P.M.

Eastbound traffic is being diverted at the Kellyville exit and westbound traffic is being diverted at the east entrance of the turnpike in Tulsa.

KRMG's Russell Mills reported at 5:30 P.M. that firefighters had the fire under control but both directions of the turnpike remained closed.

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