Jackknifed tractor trailer causes fuel spill on I-78, Berks County PA
TrafficA tractor trailer jackknifed on westbound I-78 near mile post 10 in Berks County. The accident caused a fuel spill requiring fire rescue, spill containment near a storm drain, and traffic control. Both lanes were closed to manage the incident and prevent fuel from entering the drainage system.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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You dispatch Rescue 53 from Mount Market 10 Westbound for a jackknife tracker trailer.
00:10
Okay, is that related to the same one you're on or is it separate?
00:18
Negative is an additional one.
00:23
Okay, now they're going for fluid sound.
00:27
It's affirmative on one location.
00:35
Copy 10309.
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G55 to Josh 53.
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G53 by.
00:50
Do you need any cloud police out there?
00:55
She's currently on location, but yes, I'll need something up here as well.
01:01
Copy.
01:12
Vessel Township, I-78 mile post, 10 westbound.
01:17
For fluids down from a jackknife tractor trailer, rescue 53, Vessel Township, I-78 mile post, 10 westbound.
01:25
The fluids down from a jack-knife tractor trailer, 10-4[1].
01:39
Here, just back to additional fire, please, to close off in my west side of my west.
01:51
Copy your requesting additional fire, please, have for you.
01:57
For C-C-C-C-3. C-5B3.
02:02
C-Gish Pach, Joe phone, and give me an option, please.
02:10
Probably still 27 and you can have fireouts number one.
02:20
Yes, it's too powerful. What's about one.
02:30
Tennis design, interstate,
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78, 4 milepost 10, westbound for the Jack Knife Tracker.
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Operations will be on Verk's fireouts number 1, 1041.
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Cittown Borough 115 Constitution Boulevard between Normal Avenue and Standard Alley for ALS Medical.
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Medics 5721, Quistown Borough, 115 Constitution Boulevard, between Normal Avenue and Standard Alley, Ferney L.S. Medical, 1042.
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2GOSP 3 Rex.
03:27
or fluid down in traffic controls. Bill 27, 28 fire, please.
03:35
C535.
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C53. Fireplace is asking if this is going to be before exit 10 or after, and which lane is blocked.
03:48
Coach T53, correct, just prior to exit on the westbound side, I mean westbound.
03:55
We're closed both lanes due to two different actions on either side.
04:01
Okay.
04:05
Berks Q53 Responding.
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Presby-53 responding 1044.
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Chief 53 from the rest to you.
04:23
Go ahead, the past few.
04:28
Where would you like us and how should we go to get there?
04:33
Just go on the west.
04:35
Let's right here to go through the grass. Just come down through the grass.
04:43
Can you repeat that?
04:47
Whenever you have a cross and come down you on the ramp. We're right here in the graph.
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Recease.
04:59
Chief 53, what, 533. Actually, when you come from the way down the point of the grass, the storm drain hook and stuff around there, like it's some of the fuel-out storm spring.
05:14
You're extremely colourable.
05:16
You're beat that.
05:23
Citi3. Rescue 53, let's try this.
05:26
I've come down to the point of the grass where you go on the interstate. It's a storm drain. This is some socks around there to try to keep the fuel from going in there.
05:38
Free feed, Berks, Rescue 53 is on the scene.
05:47
Burks, car 27 responding with the spill trailer.
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Rescue 53 on scene,
05:55
spill 27, car 27, and Route 1046.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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