Tanker carrying flammable material catches fire on interstate, Grenada County MS
Fire & ArsonA tanker truck carrying flammable and hazardous material butyl acrylate caught fire on interstate I-55 near the west exit. The highway has been shut down for emergency response. Authorities are managing the fire and hazardous material spill, rerouting traffic and coordinating cleanup efforts.
Audio|Source: Grenada Police, Fire, EMS and Weather Alerts
03:48
Transcript:
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Also, per R-23, there's going to be a hold on all of the vehicles.
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It's going to have a tanker of fire with flammable materials,
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hazardous materials.
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It's going to be butyl acidacrylates.
00:20
They're going to have the interstate shut down probably from Juanona to Baton.
00:29
It's somewhere around they.
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It's sitting in a curve.
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It's zero passenger car.
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It's sitting in a curve.
01:00
B-boy complex manager needs a report for a deer busing out a window in an apartment.
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What my mark is that it?
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Near the west exit should be (number withheld).
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I'm not really sure if that's the exact location, but near the west exit.
01:20
That's tempo, tempo.
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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Copy.
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About a (number withheld) mile marker.
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I have a dumper if you want it.
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10-4[1] of you will send it to my email.
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(number withheld) Tom Adam Boy.
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(number withheld) Tom Adam Boy.
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Insurance is confirmed.
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What's name on tape?
02:22
(name withheld).
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Check up.
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Nick contact.
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We back in the car from there.
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Yeah.
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It's going to be our 55 northbound near the west exit.
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I have M-dot on the line from Jackson.
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Their sand is near the (number withheld).
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There's (number withheld), okay, you're 10-4[1], Greenwood.
02:59
So what placard number was that?
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(number withheld).
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10-4[1], I copy (number withheld).
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that MEMA has been advised as well as MDOT has been advised about the signs that we need to reroute the traffic.
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Also, we have been in contact with Emergency Management, Holmes County,
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has been advised there en route.
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I think LeFour County,
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Frey Randall,
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is en route.
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He's advising that the best person to clean up or have the material is going to be park or record service.
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Do you want me to get them in their route or stand by?
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