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Semi-truck fuel tank ruptures causing diesel spill on I-610, New Orleans LA

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I-610, New Orleans, LA

A large semi-truck hit a piece of metal on I-610 in New Orleans, rupturing its fuel tank. Diesel fuel is leaking at the I-10 East and I-610 East split. Fire crews are on scene working to stop the spill and assess the damage.

Audio|Source: New Orleans Fire
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On scene, we got an 8G wheeler-sized battle tank, hit a piece of iron,
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ruptured it.
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We got a big diesel still is still coming out,
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trying to take a plastic panel off the side to access the tank to see how big the gas is.
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Maybe if we can put some plug on it or something, we got to see first.
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So we need some assistance out here.
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10 4 has natural route communications can you also have the fly response that is incident with buckets of fans 10 4 you say how many
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10 buckets a fan please 10 4

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