HAZMAT Crew Responds To Lexington, KY Fuel Spill

HAZMAT Crew Responds To Lexington, KY Fuel Spill

 Lexington, KY firefighters were called out to the Circle K on Pimlico Parkway just before 11:30 a.m. Saturday for a report of a fuel leak. 


According to a fire department official, a woman was filling up her gas tank when the fuel pump came out and spilled about 9 gallons of fuel. The fuel made it a couple hundred feet away to the storm sewer. The manager at the gas station was able to use oil dry on the spill before firefighters arrived to contain some of the fuel.

HAZMAT was also called to the scene to monitor the storm drain, but they didn't find any dangerous levels of any fumes or vapors. 


"Our biggest concern was when you get vapors like that underground in a storm sewer, we don't want a high level, get an explosive level of gas in an underground area like that, and then we didn't want a lot of the fuel to get out into the rest of the storm water collection systems," said Lexington Fire Major Eddie Crews. 


Now it will be up to the water quality team to determine how to clean the fuel out of the storm sewer.

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Weather blamed for 18-wheeler accident Updated: Saturday, December 27 2014, 06:20 PM CST SAN ANTONIO - The weather is being blamed for an accident involving an 18-wheeler Saturday morning. Police say just before 5:45 a.m., a big rig driver lost control of his trailer on South Loop 410 and Interstate 35 South. The trailer then jack knifed. The truck suffered major tire damage, but thankfully no one was hurt. Police say the driver lost control due to slick roads.

Read More at: http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/weather-blamed-18wheeler-accident-18958.shtml

text size Weather blamed for 18-wheeler accident Updated: Saturday, December 27 2014, 06:20 PM CST SAN ANTONIO - The weather is being blamed for an accident involving an 18-wheeler Saturday morning. Police say just before 5:45 a.m., a big rig driver lost control of his trailer on South Loop 410 and Interstate 35 South. The trailer then jack knifed. The truck suffered major tire damage, but thankfully no one was hurt. Police say the driver lost control due to slick roads.

Read More at: http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/weather-blamed-18wheeler-accident-18958.shtml

text size Weather blamed for 18-wheeler accident Updated: Saturday, December 27 2014, 06:20 PM CST SAN ANTONIO - The weather is being blamed for an accident involving an 18-wheeler Saturday morning. Police say just before 5:45 a.m., a big rig driver lost control of his trailer on South Loop 410 and Interstate 35 South. The trailer then jack knifed. The truck suffered major tire damage, but thankfully no one was hurt. Police say the driver lost control due to slick roads.

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