Arizona authorities closed a portion of a freeway and issued a shelter-in-place order in the surrounding areas after a commercial truck tanker rolled over on the freeway and spilled nitric acid on Tuesday.
In addition to closing the affected freeway portions, Arizona officials directed everyone within a one-mile radius of the spill to shelter in place.
“Reminder: This will be an extensive closure. Motorists in the Tucson area should anticipate an impact on their Wednesday morning commute,” the Arizona Department of Public Safety“Unified Command has evacuated a one half mile perimeter around the incident. Unified Command has directed to shelter in place within one mile around the incident,” the agency added.
The Arizona trucker spill comes more than one week after a train traveling near East Palestine, Ohio, , leading officials to hold a “controlled release” of five derailed train cars containing vinyl chloride to prevent a “catastrophic explosion.”
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