News article - are you ready to bug out?

[Ron Mesic]

Are you ready to bug-out or shelter in place?  Where is your nearest gas station?

 

 

 

April 30, KGNB 1420 AM New Braunfels

– (Texas)

 

Tanker filled with flammable chemical teeters at local gas station; NBFD/Haz-Mat Team spend hours correcting the situation.

 

A potentially dangerous HAZMAT situation in New Braunfels, Texas, took more than 7.5 hours to safely defuse April 27 and April 28. Firefighters were called out to the Pilot Truck Stop on Loop 337 at I-35 April 27 after the driver of an 18-wheeler tried to unhitch his cargo but had problems with the truck’s jack. While unhitching the tanker from the cab, the jack punctured the asphalt, causing the tanker to teeter on 2 wheels, and causing it to lean against a second 18-wheeler. The tanker truck was carrying about 43,000 pounds of a highly flammable chemical called tritherm that if spilled or leaked would require a 0.5-mile area to be evacuated. Fortunately, none of the chemical leaked during the initial incident, but a HAZMAT company helped make sure there was not a leak while trying to right the tanker. The Pilot gas station, store, and surrounding parking lot were still evacuated as a precaution.

 

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