ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — A tanker carrying 9,200 gallons (34,825 liters) of gasoline overturned, crashed right into a vacant constructing and burst into flames on Lengthy Island early Wednesday, shutting down visitors for hours and spilling gasoline into the sewer system, authorities stated.
“After I got here right here, there was fireplace in all places, the streets, the tanker, the 2 buildings, and once I seemed down Dawn Freeway, there was fireplace popping out of seven or eight manhole covers,” James Avondet, fireplace chief for the village of Rockville Centre, stated after the 1 a.m. crash.
The truck’s driver was injured within the crash, and three of the 150 firefighters who responded had been additionally handled for accidents, officers stated at a information convention later Wednesday.
The tanker crashed right into a vacant La-Z-Boy showroom at North Heart Avenue and Dawn Freeway, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of New York Metropolis.
“There have been about 9,200 gallons on the gasoline tanker when it flipped and caught fireplace,” Nassau County Chief Hearth Marshal Michael Uttaro stated. “The motive force was capable of self-extricate and he was transported to to a neighborhood hospital.”
Uttaro stated gasoline acquired into the sewer system and into native creeks, the place it was being contained with booms. “So there’s no menace to the atmosphere for the time being,” he stated. “There’s no menace to any of the residents or any properties.”
He stated the Coast Guard was serving to to map the spill.
Avondet stated authorities acquired a name about 1:10 a.m. “Upon arrival I noticed a tanker truck that was on its aspect,” he stated.
In a video posted to Twitter, thick black smoke was seen billowing from the Rockville Centre constructing that the truck crashed into, which was absolutely engulfed in flames, whereas firefighters labored to place out the blaze.
The La-Z-Boy constructing was destroyed within the fireplace and one other constructing was broken.
Avondet stated firefighters had been capable of get the blaze beneath management “in a comparatively quick time with only a few accidents.” He added, “We’re very glad if it was going to occur it occurred at one o’clock within the morning with no person else round.”
Avondet stated the water in Rockville Centre was secure to drink though it “is perhaps a bit of yellow in colour.”
Companies within the space had been with out energy as firefighters continued to place out scorching spots.
Nassau Visitors Administration stated on Twitter that visitors was closed in each instructions and to count on delays within the space by means of the morning rush hour. The reason for the crash was beneath investigation.
Picture: Emergency personnel work on the website of fuel tanker accident in Rockville Centre, N.Y., early Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. A tanker carrying gasoline misplaced management, crashed right into a vacant constructing and burst into flames on Lengthy Island early Wednesday, injuring the truck’s driver and three firefighters who responded, authorities stated.(AP Picture/Alex DiGregorio)(
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