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Updated: 6:34 PM Feb 4, 2009
Chemical spill slows down traffic on Highway 82 in Cooke Co.
COOKE COUNTY, TX ― A chemical spill on U.S. highway 82 tied up traffic Wednesday through Cooke County after a tanker carrying hazardous material leaked onto the highway.
Posted: 5:56 PM Feb 4, 2009Reporter: KXII-TV Staff Email Address: firstnews@kxii.com |
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COOKE COUNTY, Tex. ― A chemical spill on U.S. highway 82 tied up traffic Wednesday through Cooke County after a tanker carrying hazardous material leaked onto the highway.
The spill happened between Gainesville and Lindsay before 10 a.m. A semi truck hauling hydrochloric acid started leaking as it headed westbound.
While the hydrochloric acid is not combustible, authorities say it can cause injury if the acid comes into contact with skin.
“As we understand it, it was from a semi truck, and it left their yard and failed to secure one of the bulk head openings, and as the driver would put on his breaks and take off, speed up or whatever, it would slosh off of the bulk head,” assistant chief Wally Cox of the Gainesville Fire Department said.
Gainesville police say everything is now contained now, but the right lane is closed Wednesday night in parts of Gainesville on Highway 82.
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