Diesel fuel leaks from tractor trailer accident on I-80, Elmwood Park NJ
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Fire & ArsonFire crews rushed to Route 80 where a tractor trailer's damaged saddle tank leaked diesel fuel, with efforts focused on containment to prevent environmental damage.
Audio|Heard on: Elmwood Park Fire
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03:58
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue 2, make your approach up on 2 Route 80, please.
00:05
You 2 has to dry rails with 3,000, rescue.
00:09
Pass the 5 minute, if you're going to come up on the highway, you're going to go across and you're going to park in front of Rescue 1.
00:26
Car 4 is approaching.
00:29
Car 4 go around the car accident, make your approach halfway up in the middle,
00:41
in the slow lane, take the slow lane.
01:32
5-2.
01:34
Engine 2. Engine 2.
01:39
Engine 2. Engine 2.
01:41
Engine 2, and he's at the speedie's right up here by my car.
01:49
We've got to dike off before the diesel fuel goes down into a drain.
02:02
Engine three, make your approach up to where my car is as well.
02:09
Very received.
02:13
Truck four, make your approach around once you have your manpowder picked up.
02:18
Same as a let's do one.
02:20
We have a tractor trailer up here with a damaged saddle type that's leaking right now.
02:26
We've got to take off this quarter.
02:34
Truck for receipt.
02:37
Chief, would you like car to respond over there too?
02:42
Your instructions are going to go around at a car to car accident and come up in the middle on the shoulder.
02:48
Take the slow way.
02:52
Receive. Recease.
03:14
3.5 to U.T.5.
03:19
Go to 5. Go to 5.
03:21
You guys these Bergen County Hathemat up there?
03:29
Pretty likely.
03:30
I'm just thinking the approach on the track controller right now just to see how bad the tank is.
03:35
Looks like it looks the whole thing.
03:39
All right, receipt, just keep us posted.
03:44
Yeah, I would reach out to Lumber at this point.
03:48
We're also going to need DEP number as well.
03:51
We got more in the normal 10 gallons.
03:56
All right, receive.
03:57
We'll make no locations right now.
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Location mentioned:
I-80, Elmwood Park, NJ
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