Fairbanks ,AK: Tractor-trailer slid off the roadway While carrying a load of fuel at north of Wiseman on Sunday night , December 14th 2014
A lane of the Dalton Highway was closed when a tractor-trailer carrying a load of fuel slid off the roadway.
Fuel leaking from the tanker compartment was cleaned up but responders had to deal with a fire that damaged the tractor-trailer.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1yYXGwz) reports the Big State Logistics truck slid off the roadway Sunday night north of Wiseman.
The Department of Environmental Conservation says about 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the rear tanker compartment.
Big State Logistics responders offloaded another 9,000 gallons and used absorbents on the spilled fuel.
The tractor-trailer caught fire Monday and the cause is unknown.
The driver was treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital for unspecified injuries.
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Fuel tanker runs off Dalton Highway, spills 1,200 gallons; truck ignites after fuel offloaded