MOUNTAIN HOUSE – A tanker truck carrying a mixture of gasoline and ethanol jackknifed Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 205 close to Mountain Home, leading to a full closure of the freeway and a serious backup on Interstate 580, in line with authorities.
The incident occurred round 1 p.m. on westbound I-205 simply west of the Alameda County line, mentioned California Freeway Patrol Officer Tyler Hahn. The truck was pulling two tanks, one in every of which overturned and leaked about three gallons of the flammable liquid.
Alameda County firefighters managed to cease the leak with out being uncovered to the hazard, Hahn mentioned, including that the motive force of the tanker truck additionally escaped harm.
Whereas the rest of the gasoline and ethanol combine was pumped out of the overturned tank, westbound visitors on I-205 was redirected onto Mountain Home Street and eastbound visitors was redirected onto eastbound I-580, in line with Hahn.
“The hazmat personnel have advised that, since the liquid is extremely flammable, the safe distance when pumping it from the tank is at least 1,000 feet from the spill,” he mentioned.
As of 8 p.m., all lanes of eastbound I-205 and one lane of westbound I-205 had reopened, in line with the CHP. The rest of westbound I-205 reopened simply earlier than 10 p.m.
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