Small oil leak from truck on Main Street Newtown, Newtown CT
TrafficA truck with a 130-gallon saddle tank leaked about five gallons of oil near Main Street in Newtown. The leak is contained on the grass off the road with no impact on waterways. Hazmat and environmental authorities have been notified to assist with cleanup and safe removal.
Audio|Source: Newtown Fire
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
You just notify State DOT, how them start out with a sand truck. We got a pretty decent oil sheen here on Main Street.
00:12
Any waterways affected?
00:18
The town of command.
00:22
Go ahead. Are there any waterways involved?
00:27
Negative, no waterways involved.
00:30
Copy a negative waterways.
00:32
The town of command.
00:38
Command.
00:42
DOT's asking is it in more than five gallons.
00:47
Negative.
00:49
All right?
00:55
Good soundage or 1111 responder.
00:57
One 11 in row.
01:02
11 in row.
01:06
11 on scene.
01:08
11, too.
01:10
Main Street command to Newtown.
01:14
Go for good town.
01:16
Okay,
01:18
just make a notification to DEP.
01:21
It's at their pleasure if they want to respond or not. We have a triaxle with a 130-gallon saddle tank that has a small leak coming from the bottom of it.
01:30
that we're in the process of stopping the leak, but he's off the road on the grass right now, and all the fluids are being contained.
01:43
How much is leaked out?
01:49
We're going to estimate five gallons.
01:54
Roger.
02:00
Great talk, commands.
02:01
Steve's been notified. They'll call us back and let us know if they're coming.
02:08
Proceed.
02:13
On for Main Street, command.
02:19
Go for due town.
02:22
Can you dispatch Sandy Hawk?
02:25
I need them to respond up here with their hazmat[1] trailer.
02:28
Special call for the oil drip tray that they keep in there so we can put underneath this saddle tank.
02:36
And notify deep, they are going to have to respond out here because this tank's going to have to be unloaded before it gets towed out of here. They have 100 gallons on board.
Police codes explained
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[1]
hazmat: Hazardous materials incident
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Newtown, CT 06470
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