Route 66 south closed near Old Mill Road for mineral oil spill, Mckean County PA
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Road ClosureA spill of about 40 to 50 gallons of mineral oil occurred from a trailer on Route 66 South near Old Mill Road. The roadway was closed while crews contained the spill. The truck remained upright and no injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: McKean County Public Safety, Elk County Fire
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03:9
Transcript:
00:00
Beacon County, Station 5, additional manpower needed.
00:03
Route 66 south to close the road at Old Mill Road.
00:17
McKean County, Station 5, additional manpower needed.
00:21
Route 66 South at Old Mill Road to close the road down, 12.04.
00:27
25, go ahead.
00:34
We've got confirmation from Penn.
00:36
They're going to be coming to shut down at Old Mill on Pennsylvania Avenue.
00:43
Very soon. Thank you.
00:50
4202.
00:53
Responding to Kane.
00:59
Responding 1205.
01:01
We go W.VOC made at this time in operations for the 3-102 on SouthOps 2, T5 and command.
01:10
Copy South Ops 2, C5 in command.
01:19
420225.
01:23
4202, T51, SouthOps 2.
01:30
Go T5.
01:32
Okay,
01:34
we're still trying to ascertain, we don't have a bill of lading, but according to a sticker on the outside,
01:42
it does say it's mineral oil, non-PCB.
01:50
Yeah, New or Transformers are filled with mineral oil.
01:53
PCP is probably something that only can find or an old one hanging on a pole now.
02:00
I don't know where this came from, but we're just trying to cover all our bases.
02:05
I'd say right now we've probably got the most of it, most of the spill taking care of.
02:11
We're doing some damning now.
02:12
I would estimate maybe 40 to 50 gallons so far it's just staying on the roadway.
02:22
Copy.
02:28
Do you foresee need a DEP or just an advisement at this point?
02:35
I would say probably just an advisement at this point.
02:38
It looks like we're going to be able to maintain it on the roadway.
02:41
We should be fairly safe.
02:47
Copy.
02:56
That's negative.
02:57
The truck is upright.
03:00
It's a 2,500 doing a bumper toe that's about five times overweight.
03:05
We could understand why it flipped.
03:07
Just the trailer, not the truck.
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Location mentioned:
Old Mill Rd & PA-66, Wetmore Township, PA 16735
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