Charlotte Fire Department

Charlotte Fire Department

News Media After Action Report


Report # 100208-022

RE: Hazardous Materials Incident/ 6700 Old Mt Holly Rd at Craig Street

Benchmarks
Dispatched – 5:27
First CFD Unit Arrives – 5:31 (Engine-21)
Control Time – 10:57 (Fuel off-loading operation complete)

CFD Personnel/Units
CFD – 50/ 16
Battalions 6, Engines 21, 13, 25, 5, 18, Ladder 13, Tanker 21, 28, 38, 9, Rescue 3, Car 2, 17, 19, 25

Structure/ Location
Single vehicle crash with a Tank Truck Roll Over

Cause & Origin/Damage Estimates
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating this incident

Injuries/Accidents
No injuries reported

Evacuations/ Persons Displaced
N/A

Incident Synopsis
Just before 5:30 pm Thursday evening, the Charlotte Firefighters were called to service for reports of a motor vehicle crash involving a fuel tanker truck @ the intersection of Old Mt Holly Rd & Craig Street. First FF’s on scene confirmed a tanker truck had collided and came to rest on its side. FF’s were able to quickly treat the truck driver who had escaped the damaged vehicle on his own. He declined transport to a hospital and was cooperating with CMPD officers Thursday evening to determine the cause of this incident. By 7:00 pm, the CFD Hazmat team began the off- loading process of removing fuel from the damaged tanker to another tanker that was brought to the scene. No injuries were reported and by 11:00 pm CFD operations were complete. Officials estimated less than 100 gallons of gasoline leaked from the damaged tanker and Environment Protection Agency (EPA) officials described the damage to the environment as minimal.


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