Arson

[Lady Cop]

if this is arson, it's 10 counts of murder so far.
the visibility was 0 due to smoke and fog. why didn't these drivers pull off to a rest area??
a lit ember (cigarette) could have caused this.
Florida is prone to HUGE out of control wildfires.



News13
GAINESVILLE --
Smoke from a brush fire causes multiple crashes leaving at least 10 people dead on I-75 Sunday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said there have been several crashes near Gainesville that have included at least four commercial vehicles and 10 passenger vehicles. Officials said at least nine people were confirmed dead. At least 18 people were taken to Shands Hospital; six patients through the level 1 trauma center and 12 in the emergency department.

The crashes are along a stretch of the highway north of the Marion County line.

FHP spokesman Patrick Riordan says the agency had closed Interstate 75 Saturday evening because of smoke from a brush fire in the Paynes Prairie area. Conditions improved and FHP reopened the highway. Sometime after that, the crashes occurred.

Riordan says U.S. 441 is also closed and traffic is being diverted onto U.S. 301 and State Road 27.

Troopers said the shutdown could last for several hours and that detour signs are now in place.

No further details were immediately available.

Arson led to brush fire?
Florida officials are investigating whether an arsonist set the fire that caused the smoke that led to the crash.