Search Immortality Topics:



UPDATE: People can return to homes and businesses following chemical spill – WQOW TV News 18

Posted: July 9, 2020 at 2:16 pm

UPDATE 10:30 a.m. : Eau Claire police say people can return to their homes and businesses.

UPDATEEau Claire (WQOW) - According to the DNR, the truck that tipped was hauling 26,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, 300 gallons of diesel and an unknown amount of dynamite.

Also per the DNR, local HAZMAT and airport HAZMAT are enroute and rougly 8,000 pounds of fertilizer has spilled. They also say a unknown amount of diesel spilled through a small hole in the tank.

Two storm drains are in the area and potentially impacted.

UPDATEEau Claire (WQOW) - Eau Claire police say a truck hauling hazardous material has tipped on Highway 53 near Interstate 94.

Eau Claire police tell News 18 the truck was hauling ammonium nitrate.

Because of that, police say they are evacuating all homes and businesses within 1/3 mile radius of the crash.

That includes residences in the Gatehouse Drive and House Road area and businesses in the Bullis Farm Road area.

Eau Claire (WQOW) - A stretch of HWY 53 is closed this morning due to an accident according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

All lanes on HWY 53 on a stretch from Golf Road to the I-94 interchange are closed.

No word on how long the closure will be in place.

Originally posted here:
UPDATE: People can return to homes and businesses following chemical spill - WQOW TV News 18

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith