SOMERTON, AZ - Highway 95 and Avenue G was closed down for several hours this afternoon as the Somerton Cocopah Fire Department and several other agencies responded to a gas spill.
The Somerton Fire Department says at 3:30 they first responded for what they thought was a vehicle accident but upon arrival found a farm nurse tank that was carrying diesel fuel on its side leaking.
Fire officials say a tractor was pulling the tank and as they turned to go west bound on Highway 95 the tank tipped over.
Fire fighters began to secure an area around the tank to prevent it from spilling further into the roadway. However, they say 35 gallons of diesel fuel was spilled on the road.
During clean up fire fighters used a micro-organism foam called micro blast to attack hydrocarbons and stop the flammability, the substance also controls the vapors.
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