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At least three people have died in a 50-vehicle pile up on a busy motorway, blanketed by fog and smoke from bush fires in the US state of Florida.At least three people have died in a 50-vehicle pile up on a busy motorway, blanketed by fog and smoke from bush fires in the US state of Florida.
Video footage showed the smouldering remains of dozens of burned-out lorries and cars, and long queues of traffic on both sides of the motorway. The incident occurred on Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando.
Emergency services were shown at the scene attending to the wounded. Video footage showed the smouldering remains of dozens of burned-out lorries and cars, which forced the closure of a 15-mile (24km) stretch of motorway.
The incident occurred on a stretch of Interstate 4, between Tampa and Orlando in central Florida. The poor visibility forced rescuers to walk along the road checking individual vehicles for injured motorists.
The number of casualties was not immediately known.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the multi-vehicle crash, and the role of the smoke from the brush fire that was lit as part of a controlled burn.
The fire however had spread rapidly, charring about 400 acres since Tuesday, sending smoke into the air just half a mile from the scene of the crash, local forestry officials said.