Blowing dust shut down a major freeway in the southeast valley Friday, and caused a street vendor to lose his batch of kettle corn.
Earlier Friday, blowing dust forced intermittent closures of I-8 southwest of Casa Grande. A storm moving into Arizona with winds above 25 mph kicked up the dust.
DPS escorted drivers off the freeway to avoid a potential disaster. Previous storms have triggered deadly multi-car pileups on interstates. As of 4:30 p.m. the freeway is back open.
Weather forecasters are predicting today’s winds could get up to 50 mph.
James Bridgford was selling kettle corn on the side of the road when the dust storm slammed into him.
“My tent went to blow over the fence, and as you can see there, it’s completely destroyed,” he says. “In my eyes, in my ears, in my mouth, and who knows where else.”
No injuries were reported.
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