SLIDESHOW: Tanker Fire Shuts Down HighwayTanker Truck Fire Closes Highway For Days
Posted: 7:50 am PDT June 11, 2007Updated: 11:59 am PDT June 11, 2007
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- Cleanup work continues on Highway 8 near McCleary where a tanker truck overturned and caught fire. The truck was carrying 10,000 gallons of diesel and gasoline when it crashed and burned Saturday near the Grays Harbor-Thurston county line, spilling some fuel near a creek. The Transportation Department said the westbound lane will be closed until Wednesday while crews remove fuel-soaked dirt from a culvert.The man driving the tanker for Pettit Oil said he crashed after swerving to miss several deer.
Copyright 2007 by KIROTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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