TOLEDO, Ohio — About 1,500 gallons of gasoline and a "diesel product" was spilled into a downtown Toledo street on Saturday afternoon after a tanker truck ran into a dumpster.
Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Assistant Fire Chief John Kaminski said the tanker tried to turn into an alley off of Washington St. near Gratiot St. around 1:15 p.m. when it ran into the dumpster.
The truck was carrying about 3,000 gallons of fuel in a compartmentalized tanker system.
About half of that fuel was spilled into a parking lot and onto the curb.
City of Toledo Environmental Services Division says any fuel, upon entering the sewer system, would directly feed to Toledo's water reclamation center.
Environmental services determined the product was contained to the sewer system and there was no release to the public waterway.
WTOL 11 reached out to the Ohio EPA, who said the water was diluted with water before being released to the sanitary sewer system.
They say they do not anticipate impacts to the public drinking water system.
A private clean up company was handling the spill.
The rest of the fuel in the damaged tanker was transferred to an empty one.
Officials had to close Washington Street between St. Clair and Summit St. while clean up takes place.
"We'll try to get it open as soon as possible," Kaminski said. "Obviously we're aware of the Mud Hens game being down there and everything and that can impeach some of that traffic."
As of 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Washington St. was still closed in the area where the fuel had spilled.
No one was injured in the incident.
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