Context: And every once in awhile it would leap across my bow with a frustrated growl , plow through the field to the just - as - backed - up frontage road and into the snarling midst of others just like itself . The fire of the eighteen - wheeler was so intense that it damaged the road itself . When I finally drove by the scene of the accident , they were repaving some of the highway . The truck had been burned so badly it had fallen to pieces that they picked up with a bulldozer .
Question: Why did the road the person was travelling on damaged ?
Option 0: None of the above choices .
Option 1: The fire from the accident was so hot that it melted part of the highway .
Option 2: The road was very old and badly needed repaving .
Option 3: The road was falling in pieces due to neglect over the years .
Answer: 1