Overturned propane tanker leaks chemicals on Ohio Turnpike, Cuyahoga County OH
Fire & ArsonAn overturned propane tanker on the westbound Ohio Turnpike near mile marker 153 is leaking propane and diesel fuel into a nearby waterway. There are no reported injuries. Emergency hazmat and fire teams have been called to address the chemical leaks and contain environmental hazards.
Audio|Source: Southwest Emergency Dispatch Center (SWEDC)
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Transcript:
00:00
Do you get hazmat started to this scene? We have a tanker over on its side, propane tanker.
00:07
We could smell an active leak.
00:10
Ten-four.
00:15
Sounds a car four dispatch.
00:17
We copy direct.
00:19
We'll get hazmat one going.
00:22
Hold on. Ten-four.
00:39
Tension all southwest fire departments.
00:42
We have a hazmat call out on the Turnpike, Westbound, near mile marker 153 for a propane tanker on its side leaking.
00:53
Fire dispatch, we're open coffee.
00:59
For you, a latter one.
01:04
Lighter one, go ahead.
01:10
Is this going to be a limited or I'll call for the call-up?
01:18
Make this a limited for now.
01:20
10-4[1].
01:21
Will be a latter one dispatch?
01:25
Good.
01:30
Can you call in three for backfill for the station?
01:36
It's already been done.
01:43
Thank you.
01:45
Dispatch, sir, has my one.
01:53
The hazmat was around.
01:55
You can go ahead and make this full call-out for the hazmat team.
01:59
We copy. We have fired on fireground 2.
02:03
Okay.
02:09
Pro-part car forward dispatch in service returning.
02:13
10-4[1].
02:20
We're in command from Surdhas, Matt 1.
02:23
Matter 1, go ahead.
02:34
We're en route, we're going to be entering westbound at the Turnpike building.
02:38
Do you have any updates?
02:44
We have no injuries, we have one overturned propane tanker, we're unsure if it's still leaking.
02:50
The commercial vehicle, it appears that the diesel tank is leaking.
02:55
It's in a ditch, and it appears to be leaking into the waterway.
03:01
Sir, has that copies.
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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received, understood, or affirmative.
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Ohio Tpke, Ohio
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