Febuary 2010
Contents
EMERENCY RESPONDER TRAINING COURSE
|
CROIERG Training Course in Fuel Transportation,
Emergency Plan and
Response 2010
|
|
Date
|
Date Finish
|
Course
|
|
15/03/2010
|
17/03/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
12/04/2010
|
14/04/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
24/05/2010
|
26/05/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
7/06/2010
|
9/06/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
12/07/2010
|
14/07/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
9/08/2010
|
11/08/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
6/09/2010
|
8/09/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
18/10/2010
|
20/10/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
|
8/11/2010
|
10/11/2010
|
CROIERG Emergency
|
Courses to be conducted at the Transport Industries Skills Centre (TISC)
Training Complex, Sutton Road Canberra ACT
Bookings are to directed to TISC: -
Phone (02 6297 7187
Fax (02)6297 6986
Mail: -PO Box 1021, Dickson ACT 2602
Email
office@suttonroad.com.au
The above timetable as a pdf file [pdf]
THE NEW ‘Y’ FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION PANELS (EIP’s)
Available from CROIERG
All CROIERG members have been advised that stickers for the ‘Y’ (no black
background) as required by ADG7 can be obtained from the CROIERG
Secretary.
Please note that you will need 2 per EIP a total of 6 per standard three
panel tanker
Ph. (02) 6226 1752. Mob. 0428 627 777
Email eejoconn@bigpond.net.au
Mail. PO Box 362 Yass NSW 2582
"UNLEADED GASOLINE – CHEMICAL RESPONSE GUIDE" (Cedre)
PUBLISHED
Cedre (The Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on
Accidental Water Pollution) in France has published another first
class guide on emergency response. (Yes! In English)
Further information in the Member’s Area
"LAND OIL SPILLS" (CROIERG Booklet)
The CROIERG booklet "An Introduction to the Control of Land Oil
Spills" is still available for members
An A5 handy-size booklet with the basics of responding to spills and good
staff training material
Contact the CROIERG Secretary
Email eejoconn@bigpond.net.au
Ph (02) 6226 1752 or Mobile 0428 627 777
TANKER CRASH SHUTS DOWN HIGHWAY 4 IN NOVA SCOTIA (CANADA)
Wentworth Nova Scotia, Canada– Highway 4 is expected to be closed for
most of the day after slippery roads sent a tanker truck carrying 51,000
litres of aviation fuel into the ditch.

Tanker crash on Highway 4 in Canada
RCMP from Amherst and Oxford responded to the scene along with the
Wentworth Fire Department, Department of Transportation and HazMat units
from Amherst and New Glasgow are also on scene.
The driver of the truck was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Source.amherstdaily.com
TANKER NEARLY SPLITS IN HALF IN PENNSYLVANIA
December 31, 2009 East Pittsburgh, Pa. USA –
An Allegheny Petroleum tanker truck loaded with about 30,400 litres of
motor oil crashed and nearly split in half in East Pittsburgh.
The wreck was reported Wednesday afternoon on Electric Avenue, near
Triboro Expressway.
"Apparently, the truck was coming in off of the Parkway (East), out
Route 30, and apparently his trailer jacks somehow lowered and started
dragging on the ground, which at some point in time caused the trailer to
buckle, as you can see it now," Braddock Fire Chief Tom Petrovic
said.
WTAE Channel 4 Action News' Jon Greiner reported that the truck did
not leak, aside from a few drops, because there was a second containment
tank inside the damaged tank.
Traffic was re-routed while the oil was off-loaded to another tanker.
No injuries were reported. Source www.thepittsburghchannel.com
FIERY TANKER CRASH ON DALLAS (Texas) FREEWAY
December 18, 2009 Dallas, Texas USA —
The Dallas North Tollway ramp to eastbound President George Bush Turnpike
will be closed for an undetermined amount of time due to a major tanker
truck fire early Friday morning.
The fuel truck struck a concrete barrier and overturned at 12:16 a.m.,
resulting in a massive explosion and fire as the flammable liquid escaped
from the ruptured tank.
Dallas Fire-Rescue said flames from the burning fuel spread for up to 200
yards along the ramp.
Firefighters found the driver of the Coastal Transport vehicle dead
inside the cab of the truck. The name of the driver was not released, and
no other injuries were reported.
As of now the driver and the name of the company are still undetermined
due to the severity of the fire.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Texas Department of
Public Safety. The accident snarled morning rush hour traffic at the busy
intersection
Source www.kvue.com
View a video of this incident
TANKER CRASH DUMPS 1,200 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO BRUNSWICK STREAM (New York
State)
January 7, 2010 BRUNSWICK, N.Y. USA
Clean-up crews returned to the scene of an oil tanker crash in Rensselaer
County on Wednesday.
The accident happened Tuesday night on Willard Lane in Brunswick.
The truck went off the road, rolled down an embankment, and stopped in a
stream.
4500 litres of fuel were spilled into the water and half-a-mile of the
stream is now contaminated.
Crews have been using pumper trucks and other cleanup equipment to take
care of the mess. Source www.wten.com
FUEL TANKER RAMS INTO ROADSIDE HOUSE IN UGANDA
27th December, 2009
A speeding fuel tanker on Thursday rammed into a house in Bugembe town on
the Iganga-Jinja highway, killing one person instantly.
The Christmas Eve accident occurred at about 7:30am. The victim
identified as Agnes, who was a visitor in the area, was smashed by the
trailer.
The district Police commander, John Cohen Arinaitwe, said the driver lost
control, forcing the trailer to swerve off the highway and crash into a
house belonging to Joseph Okuku, damaging it and injuring four people.
The fuel tanker from Eldoret in Kenya was carrying 40,000 litres of
petrol.
Source www.newvision.co.ug
SUMMIT TUNNEL FUEL TANKER BLAZE WAS A THREAT TO TOWNS' FUTURE
(Flashback to 1984 in the UK)
December 24, 2009 UK
Victorian engineers built things to last – and 25 years ago this week an
example of their handiwork faced its most serious test.
For three days from December 20, 1984, Summit Tunnel, one of the major
rail links between Yorkshire and Lancashire blazed after a train
travelling from the Haverton Hill Chemical Works, near Middlesbrough, to
Glazebrook, near Warrington, hit difficulties in the then 140-year-old
tunnel.
At around 6am four out of the 10 tankers, pulled by a locomotive,
became derailed in the centre of the tunnel.
It seemed a miracle nobody was injured as the driver and guard were able
to escape the site and firefighters were forced to flee when one of the
tankers gave way to the immense pressure inside it and threatened to
explode.
Driver Stanley Marshall later told the public inquiry into the crash,
when asked how fast he and his guard left the tunnel, which is 2,869
yards long, replied: "If Sebastian Coe can run it in four minutes,
we certainly bettered that."
They had managed to drive the engine and three front tankers clear,
helping reduce the damage caused by the crash, which the inquiry found
had been caused by an axle failure.
Around 140 residents from 80 homes had to be evacuated as firemen and
engineers could only watch, waiting for the tankers to either explode or
burn out.
They were joined by 60 workers from a Littleborough factory and the
evacuation lasted 27 hours, when an explosion was feared.
Head of Calderdale police Chief Supt Trevor Davey said there had been
confusion over the liquid carried in the tankers, receiving conflicting
reports that the tankers contained gas oil and then petrol – the markings
were similar – and evacuation was the safest course of action.
On Friday, December 21, 1984, while the tankers were still alight,
firefighters re-entered the tunnel to determine the extent of the fire.
There was still the risk of an explosion although gallons of foam had
been poured down the tunnel's ventilation shafts throughout the
previous night in a attempt to the quell the flames which, at their peak,
could be seen for miles around from the same shafts.

The heat reached more than 6,000 degrees centigrade in the tunnel,
with eight of the 10 tankers splitting and releasing around 40,000
gallons of what turned out to be petrol.
If there is a word that sums up every aspect of Summit it is resilience.
By Saturday, trains were able to run from Todmorden to Leeds and a bus
link between the town and Littleborough set up for rail travellers,
although it was months before the tunnel could reopen following extensive
repairs to brickwork and track.
Evacuated residents were able to return to their homes on the Friday
afternoon, having spent Thursday night with friends and relatives or in
Calderdale Council accommodation.
Rochdale Road, which had been closed to traffic, was reopened on the
Saturday after fire chiefs had made it clear there was no further chance
of an explosion.
The public inquiry, held in Manchester, praised the work of the
professionals, which included Todmorden and Hebden Bridge firefighters
and policemen and women, and of the townspeople who had reacted so
quickly.
Source www.todmordennres.co.uk
4 DEAD 6 INJURED IN TANKER/MOTOR COACH CRASH ON I-70 WEST OF COLUMBUS
(OHIO)
January7, 2010 Springfield, Ohio USA
Four people were killed and six others were injured Thursday afternoon
when the motorcoach they were riding in was struck by a tanker.
The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at milepost 62 on Interstate 70,
near U.S. Route 40.
According to the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, a
driver of a commercial vehicle lost control and crossed the median into
eastbound traffic.
Patrol officers said a westbound Mack commercial truck, driven by Zygmunt
Wieckowski, 59 of Chicago, lost control and crossed the median into
eastbound traffic.
The truck clipped a sedan driven by Robin McCann, 45, of Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio. McCann was not injured in the crash.
The truck then struck a 17-passenger motor coach driven by Traci
Williams, of Springfield. Williams, 42, and three passengers were killed
in the crash.
Kenny Fry, 61, Lonnie Acton, 28, and Alonso Ruffin, 37, all of
Springfield, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Clark County
Coroner's Office.
Wieckowski and six additional passengers in the motor coach were
transported to local hospitals for treatment.
The names and conditions of the six passengers were not immediately
known. According to the patrol, the motorcoach was carrying
developmentally disabled people.
Eastbound traffic on I-70 was shut down for several hours following the
wreck. Traffic was being redirected onto state Route 41.
The highway completely reopened shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday.
The crash remains under investigation. Alcohol was not believed to be a
factor in the crash. Source www.10tv.com
BLAST KILLS SEMINOLE MAN USING PROPANE TORCH TO THAW VALVE
January 7, 2010 Seminole, OK USA
A Seminole man was killed Tuesday in an explosion as he used a propane
torch to thaw a frozen valve on a tanker truck.
The blast at Tiger Tank Trucks south of Seminole threw Richard Basque
about 12 feet,
Seminole County Sheriff Shannon Smith said. Smith said Basque, 52, died instantly.
Smith said it is standard practice to use a propane torch to heat frozen
truck valves.
"Truck drivers do this all the time, and nothing like this ever
happens," Smith said. "His death was purely accidental, and a
fluke."
The tanker truck was used to haul salt water and crude oil. Seminole Fire
Chief Bryant Baker said the explosion occurred about 9 a.m. and was felt
about two miles away at a Walmart SuperCenter.
It blew sheet metal off the trucking company, shattered windows in
adjacent buildings and damaged at least one rig, he said.
Nicholas Basque said his uncle had been a truck driver most of his life.
He had worked for Tiger Tank Trucks for about two years but had been
employed with the company on and off since 1978.
OH&S Administration officials were at the trucking company Tuesday
conducting their own investigation. Other employees suffered minor
injuries, but none were life-threatening, he said. Source www.newsok.com
To view a video of this incident
TWO IN HOSPITAL, CLEANUP CONTINUES FOLLOWING OIL TRUCK ROLLOVER IN
HARMONY TOWNSHIP
January 06, 2010, Harmony, New Jersey USA
A New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection contractor removed oil-contaminated soil
today following a tanker rollover crash Tuesday in Harmony Township that
left two men hospitalized.
The driver of the truck, Kamal Singh, 47, of Tannersville, Pa., is in
critical condition today at St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill, New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt.
Steve Jones said. Singh suffered serious head injuries when he was thrown
from the truck, police said.
A passenger, Sukha Singh, 45, of Linden Street, Bethlehem, had to be
removed from the truck and was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury
Township, with leg and head injuries. The hospital and police would only
describe his condition as stable today.
The heating oil tanker spilled about 3,800 litres of fuel on Fiddlers
Elbow Road in rural Harmony Township, authorities said.
The Warren County Hazardous Materials Team worked about seven hours to
contain the spill, team Chief Tom Nigro said late Tuesday. The team used
booms and pads to soak up the oil, but much of it still found its way to
the soil and to storm drains, Nigro said.
"A lot of it had run off before we even got there," he said.
The DEP this afternoon continued removing contaminated soil from the
area, department spokesman Larry Hajna said. The spill did not appear to
affect any streams or other water sources, he said.
"At this point it appears the impacts are to soil, but we'll
be doing further assessments," Hajna said. State police said the
5 p.m. Tuesday crash is still under investigation.
According to a state police report, Kamal Singh was driving the 1992
Volvo tanker down a steep, winding part of Fiddlers Elbow Road. While
taking a left turn, the weight in the tank shifted, causing the truck to
tip to the right, said Jones, the state police sergeant.
The truck slid on its side into an embankment, and its passenger side
struck a large, flat rock, police said.
Jones said the truck's speed at the time of the crash is
undetermined.
Source www.leighvalleylive.com
OIL TRUCK OVERTUIRNS ON SLICK ROAD IN MAINE
January 1, 2010 Orland, Maine USA—
An oil truck overturned on a slick stretch of Route 1 early Tuesday
morning near the Orland-Ellsworth town line, spilling fuel onto the
roadway and nearly threatening a nearby pond.
Donna Gormley, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Environmental
Protection, said DEP crews responded shortly before 3 a.m. and were
prepared for the worst.
"It could have been a disaster, but there really was only a small
amount of fuel that spilled," she said.
A DEP crew remained at the scene late Tuesday morning, unloading 14,440
litres of diesel fuel and 3000 litres of kerosene to other trucks,
Gormley said. By late afternoon, she said, all but 760 litres of the fuel
was accounted for. As part of the cleanup, the DEP crew removed
approximately 14 yards of contaminated soil.
When the driver of the truck lost control, it crashed into a guardrail
and went over an embankment, she said. At that point, the fuel tank
detached from the truck’s cab, which Gormley said was probably a stroke
of luck.
"There was a small hole in the tank, but it was at the top, and the
truck ended up on its wheels," she said.
A small amount of fuel spilled out and into a nearby stream, according to
Gormley, but it did not threaten Patten Pond, which is where that stream
flows.
The truck was owned by Diesel Direct, which has several locations in
Massachusetts. The truck’s driver was not identified, but he was not
believed to have been injured, according to a Maine State Police
dispatcher. Source www.bangordailynews.com
CREWS TRAIN TO TACKLE NEW LPG DANGERS IN DUBAI
January 18, 2010 DUBAI UAE
A mock disaster yesterday taught emergency crews to deal with spills of
liquefied petroleum gas.
Three days of training ended with a drill in Al Aweer suburb that
simulated a leak of several tons of LPG from a tanker onto a busy road.
Nabeel Ali, chief fire and safety compliance officer for Emirates
National Oil Company (Enoc), said LPG shipments were increasing on the
nation’s motorways and training for public safety officers was vital.
"Because of the new hotels and buildings coming up everywhere in
the Emirates, they all use LPG in their facilities," he said.
"Therefore the number of tankers with LPG has increased, and it is a
risk that cannot be ignored."
A leak of LPG, which is a fuel for heating and cooking and for
vehicles, must be handled differently from oil or gas leaks.
"LPG is an extremely sensitive product, and so we are trying our
best to inform the police and civil defence on how to tackle it,"
said Hisham Ali Mustafa, general manager of Enoc.
"What is important is that the gas, once outside of the tanker,
has to be cooled so as not to spread and ignite, because it leads to a
non-extinguishable fire," he said. "The tanker has to be cooled
as well, before removing the remaining gas inside."
Yesterday’s drill included 52 officers from the civil defence, police,
ambulance, and fire departments attending to an overturned tanker, its
injured driver and leaking cargo.
Rescuers quickly freed the trapped driver and brought him to safety, a
considerable distance away from the accident site. As medics attended to
him, the police, fire, and civil defence turned their attention to the
tanker, which was said to be holding about 10 tonnes of LPG. They spent
much of their time dousing the scene with water.
Once the tanker was sufficiently cooled, a rescue vehicle provided by
Enoc siphoned the LPG from the overturned tanker. The vehicle has gas
detection systems and a cold-welding system.
Several policemen pushed back crowds of people, which Mr Mustafa said was
essential to preventing a fire.
"The LPG could be ignited by anything, such as mobile phones,
electronic items, so people who rush to see an accident, especially the
media, should stand away from gas spills," he said.
Mr Mustafa emphasised that the priority in an LPG accident was to stop
leaks and cool the gas: "A spill should not escalate into a
fire."
Civil Defence holds drills throughout the year to ensure its workers are
up to date on the techniques and equipment used in the types of disasters
that especially threaten the UAE, among them warehouse fires, huge
traffic accidents, collapsed cranes and oil-tanker collisions.
According to Mr Mustafa, there have been about 50 tanker spills in the
Emirates in the past 10 years, most of them petrol. Only one of those
tankers was carrying LPG.
"This type of incident can never happen, or it can happen six times
in the next month. You never know," said an official from Civil
Defense who took part in the training. "Therefore it is our duty to
be prepared to deal with such a situation.
Source www.thenational.ae
THREE BURNT TO DEATH AS TANKER EXPLODES IN KENYA
December 30, 2009 Kericho, Kenya
Three people were burnt to death when a petrol tanker exploded after a
road accident on the Kericho-Nakuru highway.
The accident, which involved a petrol tanker, a tipper lorry and a
trailer occurred at Londiani forest.
Those who died in the crash were the drivers of the tanker and the
trailer and a woman who had hiked a lift on the oil transporter less than
10 kilometres from the scene of the accident.
However, the driver and loader of the tipper lorry escaped unhurt. The
trailer conductor escaped the flames by a whisker after jumping out of
the window.
The tanker, which exploded on impact, and the trailer cabin were reduced
to shells while the tipper lorry had minor damage.
The trailer was ferrying green tea to Nairobi while the tipper lorry had
sand destined for Mau Summit. The tanker was transporting petrol to
Kericho from the Nakuru depot.
Kericho police boss Paterson Maelo said the tipper lorry was overtaking
when it hit the tanker, which in turn collided head on with the trailer.
"The driver of the tanker was trying to avoid colliding with the
tipper lorry but the space was not enough," Mr Maelo said at the
scene. Source www.nation.co.ke
VEHICLES CRUSHED IN FUEL TANKER CRASH
January 12, 2010 Lincoln MA USA
Lincoln - A tanker truck rolled over on Route 2 in Lincoln Tuesday
morning, crushing three vehicles and halting hundreds of others making
the late morning commute.
The truck, which was reportedly carrying 8,500 gallons of diesel fuel,
was traveling westbound on Route 2 just before Crosby’s Corner on the
Lincoln-Concord line when it rolled over, landing atop a minivan and two
cars also headed west.
"The truck was coming down the roadway and, for some unknown reason
which we are investigating, lost his brakes and fell," state police
Lt. Debra Simon said
According to a statement from the state police, Trans Speck Trucking of
Millbury owns the truck.
A medical flight helicopter landed on the roadway nearby to transport the
truck driver, John Revene, 47, of Westboro, to Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston with serious injuries. The three other vehicles did
not have passengers. Two of the other drivers, Christiane Rabich of
Sudbury and Nancy James of Concord, were able to walk away from the
scene. The third, Elizabeth Buchanan of Arlington, was extricated from
her car, which was demolished by the tanker, and transported to Emerson
Hospital in Concord.
The accident occurred shortly before 9 a.m., as Rabich was on her way
home from dropping her son off at school.
"[The truck] was up on the embankment and I was thinking, ‘Why is
this truck passing me on the right?’" Rabich said. "That’s it,
that’s all I saw."
Seconds later, the tanker rolled on top of her minivan, crushing the
passenger side where her son had sat minutes earlier.
"I only thought I’m glad my son was not with me," said Rabich,
who walked away from the scene unharmed. "I was planning the day in
my head, but I think that has changed now."
At the accident scene, the tanker lay atop the three vehicles for more
than an hour as public safety personnel from Concord, Lincoln and Hanscom
Air Force Base, as well as state Department of Transportation workers,
prepped for righting the truck and towing away the mangled vehicles.
Concord Fire Chief Mark Cotreau said the tanker, which appeared to be
intact, was filled with a "substantial amount" of viscous fuel
that their information indicated was number 4 fuel oil.
The crash remains under investigation by State Police Troop A with the
assistance of the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section,
the Concord Fire Department and the Department of Transportation. As a
result of the preliminary investigation, Revene was issued a citation for
speeding.
Route 2 at Crosby’s Corner was completely closed to traffic until past 11
a.m. Eastbound traffic was directed down Route 2A while westbound traffic
was diverted through Lincoln. Source www.wickedlocal.com
ROAD CLOSED AFTER TANKER FIRE AND AIRPORT FIRE TRUCK BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST
January 13, 2010 Potomac, Maryland. USA –
Montrose Road is closed after firefighters were called to the scene of a
fiery crash involving a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of
gasoline. Officials say Montrose Road will remain closed until at least 6
p.m. on Thursday.
Officials tell 9NEWS NOW the tanker turned over onto the driver's
side around 4:40 Thursday morning as the rig exited I-270. It then burst
into flames. No other vehicles were involved. The driver was able to
escape relatively unharmed.
Montrose Road is shut down in both directions. All lanes on I-270 have
been reopened, but the Montrose exits are still closed. Officials shut
down I-270 while they put the fire out.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Services Assistant Fire Chief Scott
Graham says the truck was carrying between28,500 and 34,000 litres of
gasoline.
Fire crews allowed the fuel to burn off for about an hour while making
sure none of the burning gasoline escaped into storm drains.

Tanker in firey crash
A Dulles International Airport crash truck was used to put out the fire
and second foam truck was on the scene from Frederick County, Maryland.
Source www.wusa9.co

Tanker wreckage in Maryland
For a raw video of the above incident
TWO KILLED IN KERALA GAS TANKER FIRE, HIGHWAY CORDONED OFF
January 1, 2010 Karunagapally (Kerala),
Two people were killed and at least 20 injured early Thursday when a gas
tanker lost control after it hit a car and turned over in a blaze of fire
on a national highway in Kerala.
The raging fire on National Highway 47 at Karunagapally, 85 km from state
capital Thiruvananthapuram, also destroyed a police jeep, a car and
several two wheelers, police said. The highway continued to be cordoned
off, hours after the incident.
The injured have been admitted to various hospitals in Kollam and
Thiruvananthapuram. Six people are critical and three others stated to be
serious following burn injuries, officials said.
Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who visited the accident site
Thursday afternoon, said the immediate task was to see that the injured
got proper treatment.
"Of course, there will be an inquiry into what happened. There are
shortcomings because of adequate fire fighting equipment, but the police
and fire force did a good job in the rescue operations," said
Balakrishnan.
Five police officials and some fire personnel also suffered burn
injuries.
"A police jeep that arrived at the scene went up in flames. Those
living in the vicinity have been evacuated and several fire engines
toiled for hours together and the flames are now completely doused,"
said an eyewitness, adding that there were concerns the entire lorry
might explode. Source www. the Indian.com
To watch a video of this incident
ROAD REOPENS. - EVACUEES GO HOME AFTER PROPANE TANKER SPILL
January 8, 2010 Batesville, AK USA
It took hours, but a shutdown highway was reopened and evacuees returned
home early this morning in Batesville following a tanker spill.
It happened just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Ramsey Mountain
on Highway 167 on the south side of Batesville near the "Welcome to
Batesville" sign.
Glen Willis the Independence County Emergency Coordinator, said the
driver of a semi carrying propane flipped his rig, spilling all 9,600
gallons.
The propane leaked from a tear in the seam of the truck onto the
highway and into a corn and soy farm. The truck is owned by STI of
Arkadelphia.
Willis says for hours, company officials tried to get a HazMat crew to
the scene to help clean up the mess, but none was certifiable enough to
handle this type of spill.
Traffic in and out of the area was stopped and more than 50 people who
lived nearby were evacuated from their homes. A shelter was set up at the
Southside School District.
Willis says crews had to wait for officials to come from the Arkansas
Propane Board to give them the okay to remove the truck.
The last of the propane had evaporated by the time the road reopened and
people were allowed to return home. Source www.fourstateshomepage.com

Some recommended reading in the MEMBER’S AREA (Training Bulletins):
- PHMSA Advisory Guidance. Emergency Response involving Wthanol and Gasoline mixtures
- Lane departure warning systems
- The HAZCHEM Emergency Action Code (A4)Guide.
- CEDRE (France) Publishes “Unleaded Gasoline – Chemical Response Guide”
- Emergency Prepardness. Findings from CSB investigations with cideoa
- Environmental impacts following a spill
- Tanker and private bus crash in Bangladesh
- Tanker carrying fuel catches fire on exit ramp (PA USA)
- Hiring clean up contractors
- Unified command established for large oil spill in Adak (Alaska)
- Homes safe after gas tanker crash in UK
- Woman suspected of trying to ignite tanker in Texas
- Tanker spill sees Kallangur (QLd) Bruce Highway on-ramp remain closed
- Fuel tanker tips over in Texas I-37 access road closed for hours
- Tanker crash snarls traffic at Nesalem exchange (Pennsylvania)
- Balls Ford Road reopens after propane tanker overturns in Virginia
- Car pinned beneath tanker prevents fuel fro spilling (Maryland)
- Video / Picture section
Back to Top |