Three killed in Florida highway pileup

After viewing the image below I amazed that there's only three.



LAKELAND, Fla. - About 50 cars crashed on a highway blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire Wednesday, and authorities said at least three people were killed.

A stretch of nearly 15 miles of Interstate 4 between Tampa and Orlando was closed by several accidents, including the 50-car pileup. Aerial footage showed the soupy mix of fog and smoke covering the landscape for miles and giving the sky an eerie golden color.

The poor visibility forced rescuers to walk along the closed interstate checking individual vehicles for injured motorists, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Larry Coggins said. The conditions cleared in late morning, showing mangled, charred trucks and cars pinned underneath some tractor trailers.

Workers were still trying to rescue one man pinned beneath an overturned truck.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_re_us/brush_fire_crash;_ylt=Aqgk5dTLJy3YKehVcfr3zhKs0NUE

The only thing that would be more stupid than permitting a "controlled" burn under those conditions would be if the fog/smoke warning signs weren't lit up.