Monday, January 5, 2015

HAZMAT SITUATION IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ONE MINOR INJURY REPORTED FROM 300 TO 500 GALLONS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID WERE SPILLED AT AN OKLAHOMA CITY RAIL YARD MONDAY MORNING FROM A TANKER CAR



HAZMAT SITUATION IN OKLAHOMA CITY, ONE MINOR INJURY REPORTED FROM 300 TO 500 GALLONS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID WERE SPILLED AT AN OKLAHOMA CITY RAIL YARD MONDAY MORNING FROM A TANKER CAR









UPDATE: Oklahoma City fire and police crews are no longer on the scene of a hazmat situation.



FROM STAFF REPORTS • Modified: January 5, 2015 at 12:55 pm •  Published: January 5, 2015



12:30 p.m. Oklahoma City fire and police crews are no longer on the scene of a hazmat situation that sent one man to the hospital with minor burns, local authorities said.



Oklahoma City Fire Department stage at SE 9 Street as hazardous materials crews are on the scene of a hydrochloric acid spill in the railroad yards near SE 9 Street and Byers in Oklahoma City Monday. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND - PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND



About 300 to 500 gallons of hydrochloric acid were spilled at an Oklahoma City rail yard Monday morning, fire Maj. Tammy McKinney said. There was no information available on the amount of acid in the tanker car, but McKinney said the container probably holds about 20,000 gallons when full.



An independent crew hired by the rail yard is responsible for cleaning the spill, McKinney said.



A rail yard worker with minor injuries was taken to the hospital by another worker after the incident, McKinney said.



10:30 a.m. Hazmat crews are responding to an Oklahoma City rail yard Monday morning after reports of a leaking tanker car and one injury, the Oklahoma City Fire Department reported.



Authorities said hydrochloric acid was leaking from a tanker car at Stillwater Central Railroad, 900 S Byers Ave. One rail yard worker received minor burns from the acid when a container’s lid came off, officials said.



Another rail yard worker transported the man with burns to a hospital, fire Maj. Tammy McKinney said.



McKinney said the area has been evacuated and crews are working to determine the severity of the spill. The spill, she said, was contained shortly after 10 a.m.