I-10 Reopened After Hazardous Materials Tanker Wreck Cleared

September 16, 2009

(Updated) A nine-mile stretch of I-10 has been reopened in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties following an accident in which an 18-wheeler hauling anhydrous ammonia overturned this monring.

The truck overturned on Avalon Boulevard at I-10 in Milton. The accident has now been cleared, and all roads are open again.

“No leaks were detected as a result of the accident or when up righting the vehicle.  The truck was carrying anhydrous ammonia and was in route to Tamico when the accident occurred,”  according to Joy Tsubooka, Santa Rosa County PIO.

Comments

2 Responses to “I-10 Reopened After Hazardous Materials Tanker Wreck Cleared”

  1. charlie on September 16th, 2009 1:39 pm

    In my experience as a farmer anhydrous is a liquid when under pressure and changes to a vapor when released into the air.

  2. Bill Head on September 16th, 2009 1:08 pm

    Ammonia is transported as a liquid, once it is exposed to air it turns into a gas at atmospheric pressure. Ammonia (NH3) boils off or flashes to a gas at -28 degrees

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