Tanker fire causes road blockage near E Main St, Waterbury CT


A tanker fire near East Main Street blocked the northbound Blue 15 exit 68 ramp. Vehicles are disabled in the lane. The fire department responded to a cooking oil spill. Another spill of hydraulic fluid was reported in Wallingford.
Audio|Source: Connecticut State Public Safety (Troop G, I and DEEP)
02:37
Transcript:
00:00
If you can get all of the reporting fire department, get my best access in to the tanker, please.
00:07
Roger on the line with him now.
00:09
Thank you, sir.
00:10
Yeah, they've been advised and D-O-C, D-O-T is what I'm seeing now.
00:15
Roger, we have to reroute here for too far.
00:18
Blue 15 northbound by exit 68.
00:20
Roger? All right.
00:21
a 13-5-1[1].
00:22
If you have one.
00:23
Can you slide over to 1306[2] on 91?
00:26
Good. I'm putting it in now.
00:28
Stand for, I'll be your shining.
00:29
Roger. Go ahead.
00:30
I'm being told you should be able to get to it from West Street if you had soap.
00:36
You're Ricky.
00:37
Then it is cooking oil.
00:38
16 out there.
00:39
So, Roger.
00:40
967, what's your, um, ATA[3] for Warnockett? Um,
00:45
I saw. Uh,
00:47
myself at 3 are probably 15 out.
00:49
665I for two hooks.
00:51
665.
00:52
Alpha Papa 72273 is the first one.
00:56
Alpha Fox 44399 is the second one.
00:59
We're going to have the entrance ramp from East Main Street block.
01:02
They're disabled right in the line.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
13-5-1: Possible fire or hazardous materials code (local code)
[2]
1306: Possible channel/frequency code (context: communication)
[3]
ATA: Estimated Time of Arrival
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Location mentioned:
Near E Main St, Waterbury, CT 06702
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