Oil spill from tanker causes slick roads near Green Plains, Shenandoah IA
Fire & ArsonAn oil spill occurred near Green Plains in Shenandoah, Iowa, caused by a tanker that overfilled and leaked corn oil. The spill spread across the roadway from Green Plains Airport Road to Highway 2, creating slick and hazardous conditions. Fire and county officials coordinated road closures and requested assistance from local roads departments to apply sand and block traffic for safety.
Audio|Source: Cass, Montgomery, Page, Fremont Counties Fire and EMS
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Shenandoah Fire, you're needed at Green Plains Airport Road for an oil spill from Green Plains to Highway 2.
00:15
Central Fire, you're needed at Green Plains Airport Road for an oil spill from Green Plains to Highway 2.
00:22
Timeout, (number withheld).
00:28
County, I do have the Shenago officer en route as well as dispatch fire.
00:32
Do you have any more information regarding this spill?
00:36
Negative.
00:38
Just that it was a tanker that was being filled at Green Plains and it overfilled and he didn't get the top secure and so it slashed oil all the way from Green Plains to Highway 2.
00:53
And where is that tanker now?
00:57
That's the county already.
01:00
10-4[1].
01:02
Thanks for your information, (number withheld).
01:04
10-4[1].
01:05
10-4[1]-(number withheld) a half.
01:10
You also want to get a hold of Fremont County and see if they can get county roads to come out with a bunch of sands.
01:16
There's going to be corn oil.
01:20
...Corn oil.
01:38
The secondary risk give you an ATA.
01:43
Negative. I'm still trying to get a hold of the correct person to see if they can come out.
01:52
When you have an ETA, will you please advise?
01:55
10-4[1].
01:57
(number withheld).
01:59
Okay.
02:04
to send a pickup to Highway 2 and Airport Road to block off traffic since it's all the way from Airport Road to Highway 2.
02:14
Yeah, I probably wouldn't heard.
02:15
That intersection is pretty well shaped with corn oil, so it's very slick.
02:21
10-4[1], I get a couple guys down here.
02:27
I'll send (number withheld) out the door.
02:34
(number withheld).
02:37
Good.
02:39
Fremont County does not have an ETA yet, but we found Secondary Roads.
02:43
But when they get one, they will advise us and we will relay that information.
02:49
Okay.
02:50
Good.
02:55
You advise who the IC is.
02:59
That we say so forth.
03:06
And point. Is on the same state that not tied forward traffic control?
03:13
This is (number withheld) that's en route.
03:16
How many miles of oil is actually still out here?
03:25
Go ahead.
03:30
To answer your question on how many miles, it's all the way from the truck interest to creed plains to the left to the airport road, all the way south to Highway 2 intersection,
03:42
and then back to the left a little bit on Highway 2.
03:47
All right, what are they needing from us?
03:49
They need public county roads and state roads for this.
03:56
Yeah, they're trying to contact county roads and they don't have an ETA on them yet.
04:03
So (number withheld) on the locations.
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