VIDEO: Along Route 209 in Middle Smithfield Township sits a stark reminder of history.

Friday marked 62 years since the Marshall’s Creek explosion.

In June 1964, just after 4 a.m., firefighters responded to a burning tractor-trailer on Route 209.

The truck was carrying explosives with no warning.

“When the firemen had come to put the flames out, it detonated, killing three of the firemen who were here and three other remaining victims,” said James Brechbiel, economic development manager for Middle Smithfield Township.

Thirteen others were injured.

The tragedy prompted change across the country.

“So, this event was the catalyst for the Transportation Safety Act of 1974, where vehicles have to be marked if they are carrying explosives, because likely, if that vehicle had been marked, the lives of those six individuals would have been spared that day,” Brechbiel explained.

Those lives lost are still commemorated to this day.

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