COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING
ON AIR AND ONLINE AT
CLICKORLANDO.COM, POWERED BY
NEWS 6.
Julie: RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE
WORKING TO CLEAN UP HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF SULFURIC
ACID.
SKY 6 FLEW OVER STATE ROAD 100
AND A1A IN FLAGLER COUNTY WHERE
WE'RE TOLD THE TRUCK SPILLED THE
HIGHLY CORROSIVE MATERIAL.
NEWS 6'S TROY CAMPBELL IS THERE
LIVE FOR US.
WHEN DO CREWS EXPECT TO HAVE
THIS ALL CLEANED UP?
Reporter: THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY
SURE, BUT THEY SAY IT WILL BE AT
LEAST SEVERAL HOURS.
WITHIN THE LAST 10 MINUTES, THEY
STARTED TO LET TRAFFIC COME
THROUGH SLOWLY AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME.
HOWEVER, CLEAN-UP CREWS REMAIN
ON SCENE CLEARING THAT
NEUTRALIZING MIXTURE FROM THE
ROADWAY.
THE FIRE CAPTAIN TELLS ME IT
APPEARS THAT AN EQUIPMENT
FAILURE CAUSED 300 GALLONS OF
THE ACID MIXTURE TO SPILL ON TO
THE ROADWAY.
FLAGLER COUNTY FIRE OFFICIALS
SAY AT ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING,
A TRUCK HAULING A SULFURIC ACID
MIXTURE FELL OFF THE TRAILER,
SPILLING INTO THE DITCH AND
ROADWAY.
UPON ARRIVING ON SCENE, WE
HAD APPROXIMATELY OVER 300
GALLONS OF SULFURIC ACID, 50%
MIX, THAT HAD BEEN SPILLED OUT
THROUGHOUT THE ROADWAY AND THE
SHOULDER, PRIMARILY IN THE SAND.
Reporter: CREWS BLOCKED OFF
THE STREET AT STATE ROAD 100 AND
A1A AND WERE ABLE TO NEUTRALIZE
THE CHEMICAL SPILL BEFORE 2:00
BUT ADDED CLEAN-UP WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS.
ST. JOHNS HAZMAT TEAM
NEUTRALIZED THE CHEMICAL WHICH
TOOK TWO APPLICATIONS.
THAT WAS DONE.
D.P. ARRIVED ON SCENE.
SHE INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE.
AND WE'RE NOW DEALING WITH THE
FINAL CLEAN-UP COMPANY.
Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WORKS
OUT OF A COMPANY OUT OF APOPKA.
HE STAYED ON THE SCENE HELPING
THEM WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
EQUIPMENT FAILURE IS WHAT'S
BEING DISCUSSED.
Reporter: WE'RE TOLD THE SAND
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY
HELPED WITH THIS SITUATION.
WE'RE TOLD IF THAT ACID CAME
INTO CONTACT WITH GRASS OR
TREES, THEN IT CREATES FUMES AND
THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES MORE
DANGEROUS.
AGAIN, CLEAN-UP CREWS REMAIN ON
SCENE AND ONCE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION OFFICIALS GIVE THE
