Incident number: 1168
Type of emergency: Vehicle roll-over accident with possible hazardous material spill
Incident date: 3/1/2020
Alarm time: 7:17 p.m.
Address/location: 275 Cliff St. – Post
Occupied? N/A
Owner: MBH Trucking
Probable cause (if known): N/A
Structure type: N/A
Construction type: N/A
Estimated property damage: Undetermined
Estimated contents damage: Undetermined
Location/extent of damage: Entire trailer
Hazardous materials involved: Semi-trailer delivering liquid sugar, and diesel fuel from the trailer’s fuel tanks
Specialized rescues: None
Vehicles involved, if any: Cab and trailer; entire vehicle on its side
Injuries: None
Fatalities: None
Other information: Rescue 3 responded to a semi-truck overturned on the grounds of Post Foods. The driver of the vehicle was still inside the cab upon arrival. R3 used an attic ladder to extricate the patient, who was not hurt, and transferred his care to LifeCare Ambulance for evaluation. Engine 2 responded with Haz-Mat 1 for equipment to mitigate the hazard of leaking fuel from the fuel tanks, and help with the transfer of 48,000 pounds of liquid sugar from the trailer. BCFD personnel deployed absorbent socks, pad, boom, and powdered absorbents to contain the spilled material, and drilled the fuel tanks for removal. Command was terminated at 11:20 p.m.