A body was found from the rubble of the US highway collapse.

Sections of I-95 were closed in both directions after a fuel tanker caught fire on Sunday, causing a bridge to collapse. Authorities have not yet specified exactly why the fuel caught fire.

The scene of the highway bridge collapse in the US. Photo: Reuters

A body was found beneath the rubble and transferred to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office for identification, state police said in a statement.

The tanker driver, Nathaniel Moody, went missing shortly after the accident, ABC's WPVI-TV reported.

Experts and investigators spent hours surveying the damage at the scene. Officials said it would take several months to rebuild the collapsed section of road. I-95 runs from Miami to the Canadian border near Maine.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the federal government is working with Pennsylvania to restore the highway. "This will be a major disruption in the area," Buttigieg said.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro issued a disaster declaration on Monday, freeing up federal funds to help rebuild a section of the highway. The highway currently carries 160,000 vehicles daily.

He also urged residents to look for alternative routes, take trains, or work from home.

Andy Herrmann, former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, said the bridges were not designed to withstand the heat from a burning oil tanker, which can reach 1,090 degrees Celsius, and that such incidents are rare.

Trung Kien (according to Reuters)

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