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9,000 Gallons of Fuel on Fire on I-45 Gulf Freeway — What Houston Accident Victims Need to Know About the Bay Area Boulevard Tanker Fire

Around 2:25 a.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2026, the first calls came in. An 18-wheeler tanker truck hauling roughly 9,000 gallons of fuel had caught fire on I-45 southbound — right at Bay Area Boulevard, just outside Baybrook Mall. By 3 a.m., the tanker was fully engulfed. Cellphone footage from bystanders showed flames shooting several feet into the air. All southbound main lanes of the Gulf Freeway were shut down. Drivers were funneled into the mall parking lot. The morning commute was wrecked. The evening commute was wrecked. More than 12 hours later, crews were still sweeping lanes and inspecting pavement for heat damage. The driver escaped. That's the good news. The bad news? This was the fifth major 18-wheeler incident in Houston in a single week. And it happened on I-45 — a highway that TxDOT data shows killed 105 people in 2023 alone. A highway that Budget Direct named the deadliest road in the United States. If you were caught in this crash, stuck in the backup, rear-ended in the chaos, or exposed to fuel fumes and smoke — you may have a claim. And the clock is already ticking on your right to file one. What Happened:…

Attorney911 In The News: City Illegally Tears Down Precious Piece of Black History

On this last day of Black History Month, the descendants of Texas City slaves turned  landowners, are blasting the city and its first black mayor for illegally demolishing an  irreplaceable piece of Black heritage. “I was starting to cry. I was choking back tears,” says  Charlesa Gary, president of the African American Historical Preservation Committee in Texas  City. She was watching their historical school auditorium of the first black school being torn  down, days before the scheduled court hearing to protect it.   Click here for link to original article on Houston Public Media Vera Bell Gary is the proud 97-year-old granddaughter of Texas City slaves from the mid  1800’s. She’s furious with Mayor Dedrick Johnson. “I felt like crying I almost cursed that man  out.”   Vera says Mayor Johnson, straight up, asked her to give away her grandfather’s land. How could  he dare to take away her family’s heritage? “Four men were brave enough to save their money.  They were getting paid then after they were free. They saved their money to invest in this 230  acres.”   The Bell family wouldn’t give up the property. They planned to renovate the auditorium into a  community center and the city knew that.…

Does Pandemic Fatigue Lead to Reckless Driving?

It is disturbing to see that there was a 7% increase in car accident fatalities in 2020. How could the statistics go up if most of the country was in quarantine for at least half of the year? We all heard about going stir crazy, but did any of us thought that being stir crazy could lead to almost 3,000 more deaths on United States roadways? Per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Even though Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, early estimates of crash fatalities from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released Thursday reveal the largest projected number of deaths since 2007.According to NHSTA, an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, representing an increase of about 7.2 percent as compared to the 36,096 fatalities reported in 2019.Preliminary data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2020 fell by about 430.2 billion miles—a 13.2 percent decrease.The fatality rate for 2020 was 1.37 fatalities per 100 million VMT, up from 1.11 fatalities per 100 million VMT in 2019.NHTSA’s analysis shows that the main behaviors that drove this increase include: impaired driving, speeding and…