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Oil spill from semi-truck near mile marker 60 on Ohio Turnpike, Lucas County OH
Fire & ArsonAn oil spill occurred near mile marker 60 on the Ohio Turnpike. About 10 to 15 gallons of oil mixed with rainwater leaked from a semi-trailer and entered a storm drain. The EPA was notified to manage the cleanup and reduce environmental impact.
Audio|Heard on: Lucas County Fire/EMS
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03:3
Transcript:
00:00
Now we're mitigating this oil spill up here.
00:02
It was entering a waterway.
00:04
If you want to go ahead and get the EPA started, it's great.
00:07
That's clear.
00:08
We'll get a hold of EPA.
00:09
And are you guys right there at mile marker 60?
00:11
That's a verbative.
00:13
Eastbound mile marker 60.
00:16
Now he said it's going into a drain.
00:17
Is it just a storm drain?
00:19
That's affirmative.
00:20
Oil is it.
00:27
That's clear.
00:29
Can you go to Channel 14 if we can get additional information on a mountain stuff? That's 314.
00:40
294 on 14.
00:43
Medica 18 transporting soil.
00:46
853.
00:48
Go ahead with type of if it was oil and a proxate amount.
00:58
We have oil leaking from a semi-trailer, probably leaking about 50-60 feet towards the drain.
01:12
Approximate amount at this point would probably be 10 to 15 gallons.
01:19
It's mixed with the rainwater, so it's undetermined at this point.
01:24
Claire, we got 10 to 15 gallons approximate in the storm drain.
01:31
Medicaid 4 fired a dispatch.
01:34
Rescue 94 is clear, going back to 4.
01:36
Thank you.
01:37
Okay, 944 go.
01:39
Or you're transporting one to UTMC.
01:43
Do to UTMC.
01:44
UTNC, 854.
01:57
Tension 6 on an unknown rescue, 1053 Sisson between Bowls and Easterly Court, Channel 3.
02:05
Tension 6 on an unknown rescue, 1053 Sisson, between Bowls and Easterly Court.
02:14
Police have this as a check safety, they are not route yet, Channel 3.
02:22
Station 6 at 855.
02:26
Dispatch Rescue 94, do you need EPA to respond to your location?
02:35
We will be cleared the scene by the time they get here.
02:38
It'll just be to mitigate the spill and the boons we have on the turnpike.
02:48
So you do need, they do need a representative to head out there.
02:52
Dispatch, not a 23 is at Toledo.
02:55
That's informative.
02:58
Even six.
03:00
Rescue 94, EPA has been notified.
03:03
Rescue OK.
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Ohio Tpke, Ohio
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