Semi-Truck Fuel Leak Causes Road Block on Higley Road, Mesa AZ
TrafficA mid-sized semi-truck had an accident near Higley Road and E Brown Rd, causing a ruptured saddle tank to leak about 50 to 75 gallons of diesel fuel. Emergency crews are managing the fuel spill, securing hazards, and treating the driver with trauma injuries. The spill has blocked multiple lanes of the road and requires cleanup materials and sand to control the leak and contamination.
Audio|Source: Mesa Fire, Gilbert Fire, Queen Creek Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Copy. Give me an all clear.
00:02
Let's see if we got going on with that diesel fuel leak, too, before hazmat gets here.
00:06
We've got a single-engine company coming.
00:08
Let me know if we're going to need the hazmat truck also.
00:15
Do you have one-two-shock, please?
00:21
Did that three-degree?
00:24
Be advised, we've got a sizable diesel fuel leak going on here.
00:27
We still got the tanks draining off.
00:30
I'm going to leave it up to you if you think you can handle it with your company or if we need to start, Asmet 217.
00:39
We just need to make sure that we're just dabbing any kind of runoff that we can't control the contamination.
00:45
As far as the rest, we'll evaluate once I'll get there.
00:50
command copies.
00:51
We're trying to address that need right now, but it's a lot more fuel on the ground than sighting material we have.
00:58
Carl, well,
01:02
we got this point in point in time.
01:04
You're ready?
01:10
Charles 126? Go ahead.
01:14
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01:27
We will still need a hazmat unit.
01:29
We do have a lot of diesel fuel on the ground.
01:32
Like you said, we do have the engineers putting some absorb it down to kind of dieking down the fuel from going downstream.
01:39
And then we do have an all-clear in this semi-truck, and we're just working on the all-clear on the van, and then we'll start securing the hazards.
01:48
If you're all clear on both vehicles, I copy the situation with diesel fuel, I advise the engine 223.
01:55
They're going to evaluate when they get on the scene and then go ahead and secure the power and hazards of the vehicles.
02:00
Thank you, 223.
02:06
2-2-2-2-3.
02:11
This is a fuel truck, and if they could, you can also use dirt to be the best bet as far as damming it as opposed to absorbent.
02:22
Happy. This is a mid-sized semi.
02:25
One of the saddle tanks has been pretty much ruptured off the side of the unit that is leaking fuel.
02:31
Looks like maybe somewhere's between 50 and 75 gallons.
02:35
That's our situation right now.
02:37
We're trying to dike it the best we can.
02:39
Unfortunately, don't have a lot of dirt here, nor diking material.
02:46
I'll probably want to start city streets as well.
02:52
Extrication, the command.
02:58
As well, you know, we do have an all-clear on the semi-truck.
03:01
We are still working on the van.
03:03
We're going to have to pop one of the doors open just to double check inside there to get an all-clear.
03:08
And do you have a rotator on the way for the semi-truck?
03:15
I'm going to let PD handle the towing situation.
03:20
A copy, you're going to get it all clear on the van.
03:27
Brown Road command alarm.
03:31
Brianwood command alarm.
03:34
Univite City plant to the situation here and we're probably going to need maybe some sand and some roadway cleanup material to take care of this diesel fuel spill.
03:42
It's taking up both lanes northbound on Brown, correction, on Higley, just south of Brown.
03:56
We're going to go ahead and get you to see a call for sand and cleanup.
03:59
We located just left of Brown on Higley.
04:03
One to you?
04:05
Five to two.
04:07
Five, two years.
04:09
Can you add myself in 848 to the 909[1] of 848, please?
04:16
Tomah, good morning.
04:20
Three minutes.
04:22
Three minute engine two, two, two.
04:26
Three minutes.
04:29
Can I have an update on the patient if we're going to transport.
04:33
Yes, we are going to transfer.
04:34
He's a delayed patient requiring a trauma assessment.
04:37
We are going to take him to Banner Desert.
04:42
Command copies delayed patient with trauma alert and you're going to be taking him to Banner Desert.
04:53
Tomfor is going to be 1-2021 North Panorama.
04:57
It's going to be for the city office coming from the wordhouse store, forced.
05:06
Road Command.
05:08
Front Road Command.
05:09
You're 20 minutes on a timer and utilities will be in route for streets cleaning up one-hour EPA.
05:15
Copy 20 minutes.
05:16
We're still packaging the driver of the semi.
05:20
He's a delayed patient with a trauma alert.
05:23
Be going to desert.
05:25
You can go ahead and DC the timer at this point.
05:27
Alarm copies.
05:28
We're going to go to discontinue timer 639.
05:31
Still currently working on the semi-patient delayed with trauma.
05:35
Six-party.
05:39
Commandive, two-tree.
05:40
Please, it's two-three.
05:47
For an update here, Brown Road, or direction, Higley Road is pretty congested and blocked just south of Brown.
05:55
If you want to work your way around in the parking lot of the shopping center just to the east, south-east corner, you'll be able to come right around to where the fuel leak is.
06:10
We'll continue to, it looks like 56 will cut over and then I'll have us coming from the east.
06:18
You can come down Higley, it's just you can't get south of brown, you'll be able to get on a brown and cut over into the shopping plaza.
06:26
Copy then.
06:32
Executation to command.
06:35
Execution. Execution.
06:40
We now have an all-clear in both vehicles.
06:43
We do have the semi-truck hazards secured on it, and we're now looking at the van, the secure hazards.
06:51
Command copies, you've got an all-clear on the van.
06:55
You've got a partial secure of hazards on the semi.
06:59
We still got the clearance lights on the cap, so I think we still got power.
07:08
We're going to continue working on securing those vehicle hazards.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
909: Traffic hazard / traffic problem
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Location mentioned:
E Brown Rd & Higley Rd, Mesa, AZ 85205
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