Fuel Spill on Route 322
 
By Firefighter/EMT Christopher Eno
September 4, 2015
 

At 10:21 AM on Friday, September 4, Station 33 was dispatched to the 3800 block of Horseshoe Pike, in Honey Brook Township for a fuel spill after a motor vehicle collision.

Units arrived with a tractor trailer that was broadsided by a passenger sedan leaving Stoltzfus Market, rupturing the trucks passenger side saddle tank.

The spill stretched approximately 1400' from the point of impact to where the truck driver could safely pull off the roadway.

Engine 33-1's crew assisted in containing the leak from the tank until the tank could be emptied. Approximately 125+ gallons of diesel fuel was spilled.

An environmental cleanup company was requested to the scene, to clean the roadway.

Station 33 units cleared the scene in the mid-afternoon, after the scene was turned over to the cleanup company. Cleanup lasted well into the evening commute.

 
Units: Engine 33-1, Traffic 33
 
Mutual Aid: Honey Brook Borough Police; Pennsylvania State Police