Tuesday, February 24, 2015

SEMI TRUCK HITS HYDRANT, RUPTURES ITS FUEL TANK AND SPILLS 80 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL IN LA MESA, CALIFORNIA. SOME FUEL GOT INTO THE STORM DRAIN




FEBRUARY 24, 2015

LA MESA, CALIFORNIA

Hazardous materials crews finished cleaning up an diesel spill after a big rig sideswiped a fire hydrant in La Mesa Tuesday morning, La Mesa police said.

The big rig driver had just finished a delivery at a 7-Eleven and was pulling out of the parking lot just before 8 p.m. Monday when he hit the hydrant . The  impact tore a hole in the truck’s side fuel tank.

Between 60 and 80 gallons of diesel fuel spilled and ran down Amaya Drive, police said. Firefighters were able to slow the flow of fuel with absorbent barriers, but not before several gallons spilled into a storm drain.

Hazardous materials crews from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and San Diego County took part in the cleanup. Traffic was closed between Howell Drive and Severin Drive on Amaya Drive until around 2:30 a.m.