Winnemucca Blog

Associated Press:

A leaking truckload of corrosive fluid forced the evacuation Tuesday of an Interstate 80 rest stop near Winnemucca, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. No injuries were reported.

NHP Trooper Chuck Allen said about 25 to 30 gallons of ferric chloride spilled from a trailer transporting about 3,500 gallons of the material from Tacoma, Wash., to Burlington Environmental Inc. in Fernley.

The trucker had parked near the entrance to the rest stop 18 miles west of Winnemucca and called authorities after noticing the leak. Because there’s only one road into the rest stop, two dozen travelers at the stop had to evacuate on foot through the rear of the area and were taken by bus to Winnemucca.

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