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Ruptured Fuel Tank Leaking Diesel After Vehicle Collision, Road Closed

Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10, Briarwood, Queens

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  • A car crash involving a box truck led to a 30-gallon diesel spill on the Van Wyck Expressway near Exit 10 in Jamaica, New York. Hazmat teams are managing the spill, and two individuals have been reported injured.

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Firefighters report that the road remains closed due to the fuel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. 8493, just make the proper notifications. We're not going to be able to open the road until the family gets here. We have a large bill of evil across four lanes. 10-4. 167 to Queens. Ladder 167. Make our box a 33-2. No need for the chief to continue. Continuing.

Hazmat teams are offloading the diesel, and EMS is being requested for two people who were injured.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Unit 50, please. Battalion 50. 10493, at this time we're going to continue to use the units on scene. Hazmat 1274 in the process of offloading the product. We are still awaiting EMS on two injuries, and you can have the Hazmat Battalion go 10-8 if they like. 10-4, meet the Hazmat Battalion. Hazmat Battalion, we're just about 84. We'll be back in a minute. We'll be right back.

Hazmat teams are en route to manage a 30-gallon diesel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:16
Engine copy, 298 Queens. 298. Just confirm, you put a call in for Hazmat to mitigate the rupture at South Bank? 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. 50. 8493, can you just have PD respond, please? We're also going to need a sanitation sander. We have a box truck with a 40-gallon diesel tank, severely ruptured. Driver indicated just filled up. We have about 30 gallons of product on the floor at this time. We're going to drop down to an 18. We're going to hold 298, 126, and we'll use... Dispatch.

Firefighters report a box truck with a fuel tank involved in the crash with a large fuel spill from the tank.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Engine Company 298 Queens. 298. We're 10-84 on an accident located northbound on the Van Wyck at 839 Queens Boulevard. It's a phone call, we have a box truck involved and we have a large fuel spill with a leak in the saddle tank. 10-4, 298. 50 received. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a car crash near Exit 10.

Queens FDNY · 0:27
Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Time's about 2310 hours, dispatcher 492.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10.

Firefighters report that the road remains closed due to the fuel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. 8493, just make the proper notifications. We're not going to be able to open the road until the family gets here. We have a large bill of evil across four lanes. 10-4. 167 to Queens. Ladder 167. Make our box a 33-2. No need for the chief to continue. Continuing.

Hazmat teams are offloading the diesel, and EMS is being requested for two people who were injured.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Unit 50, please. Battalion 50. 10493, at this time we're going to continue to use the units on scene. Hazmat 1274 in the process of offloading the product. We are still awaiting EMS on two injuries, and you can have the Hazmat Battalion go 10-8 if they like. 10-4, meet the Hazmat Battalion. Hazmat Battalion, we're just about 84. We'll be back in a minute. We'll be right back.

Hazmat teams are en route to manage a 30-gallon diesel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:16
Engine copy, 298 Queens. 298. Just confirm, you put a call in for Hazmat to mitigate the rupture at South Bank? 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. 50. 8493, can you just have PD respond, please? We're also going to need a sanitation sander. We have a box truck with a 40-gallon diesel tank, severely ruptured. Driver indicated just filled up. We have about 30 gallons of product on the floor at this time. We're going to drop down to an 18. We're going to hold 298, 126, and we'll use... Dispatch.

Firefighters report a box truck with a fuel tank involved in the crash with a large fuel spill from the tank.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Engine Company 298 Queens. 298. We're 10-84 on an accident located northbound on the Van Wyck at 839 Queens Boulevard. It's a phone call, we have a box truck involved and we have a large fuel spill with a leak in the saddle tank. 10-4, 298. 50 received. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a car crash near Exit 10.

Queens FDNY · 0:27
Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Time's about 2310 hours, dispatcher 492.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10.

Firefighters report that the road remains closed due to the fuel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. 8493, just make the proper notifications. We're not going to be able to open the road until the family gets here. We have a large bill of evil across four lanes. 10-4. 167 to Queens. Ladder 167. Make our box a 33-2. No need for the chief to continue. Continuing.

Hazmat teams are offloading the diesel, and EMS is being requested for two people who were injured.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Unit 50, please. Battalion 50. 10493, at this time we're going to continue to use the units on scene. Hazmat 1274 in the process of offloading the product. We are still awaiting EMS on two injuries, and you can have the Hazmat Battalion go 10-8 if they like. 10-4, meet the Hazmat Battalion. Hazmat Battalion, we're just about 84. We'll be back in a minute. We'll be right back.

Hazmat teams are en route to manage a 30-gallon diesel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:16
Engine copy, 298 Queens. 298. Just confirm, you put a call in for Hazmat to mitigate the rupture at South Bank? 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. 50. 8493, can you just have PD respond, please? We're also going to need a sanitation sander. We have a box truck with a 40-gallon diesel tank, severely ruptured. Driver indicated just filled up. We have about 30 gallons of product on the floor at this time. We're going to drop down to an 18. We're going to hold 298, 126, and we'll use... Dispatch.

Firefighters report a box truck with a fuel tank involved in the crash with a large fuel spill from the tank.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Engine Company 298 Queens. 298. We're 10-84 on an accident located northbound on the Van Wyck at 839 Queens Boulevard. It's a phone call, we have a box truck involved and we have a large fuel spill with a leak in the saddle tank. 10-4, 298. 50 received. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a car crash near Exit 10.

Queens FDNY · 0:27
Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Time's about 2310 hours, dispatcher 492.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10.

Firefighters report that the road remains closed due to the fuel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. 8493, just make the proper notifications. We're not going to be able to open the road until the family gets here. We have a large bill of evil across four lanes. 10-4. 167 to Queens. Ladder 167. Make our box a 33-2. No need for the chief to continue. Continuing.

Hazmat teams are offloading the diesel, and EMS is being requested for two people who were injured.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Unit 50, please. Battalion 50. 10493, at this time we're going to continue to use the units on scene. Hazmat 1274 in the process of offloading the product. We are still awaiting EMS on two injuries, and you can have the Hazmat Battalion go 10-8 if they like. 10-4, meet the Hazmat Battalion. Hazmat Battalion, we're just about 84. We'll be back in a minute. We'll be right back.

Hazmat teams are en route to manage a 30-gallon diesel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:16
Engine copy, 298 Queens. 298. Just confirm, you put a call in for Hazmat to mitigate the rupture at South Bank? 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. 50. 8493, can you just have PD respond, please? We're also going to need a sanitation sander. We have a box truck with a 40-gallon diesel tank, severely ruptured. Driver indicated just filled up. We have about 30 gallons of product on the floor at this time. We're going to drop down to an 18. We're going to hold 298, 126, and we'll use... Dispatch.

Firefighters report a box truck with a fuel tank involved in the crash with a large fuel spill from the tank.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Engine Company 298 Queens. 298. We're 10-84 on an accident located northbound on the Van Wyck at 839 Queens Boulevard. It's a phone call, we have a box truck involved and we have a large fuel spill with a leak in the saddle tank. 10-4, 298. 50 received. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a car crash near Exit 10.

Queens FDNY · 0:27
Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Time's about 2310 hours, dispatcher 492.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10.

Firefighters report that the road remains closed due to the fuel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. Battalion 50. 8493, just make the proper notifications. We're not going to be able to open the road until the family gets here. We have a large bill of evil across four lanes. 10-4. 167 to Queens. Ladder 167. Make our box a 33-2. No need for the chief to continue. Continuing.

Hazmat teams are offloading the diesel, and EMS is being requested for two people who were injured.

Queens FDNY · 0:30
Unit 50, please. Battalion 50. 10493, at this time we're going to continue to use the units on scene. Hazmat 1274 in the process of offloading the product. We are still awaiting EMS on two injuries, and you can have the Hazmat Battalion go 10-8 if they like. 10-4, meet the Hazmat Battalion. Hazmat Battalion, we're just about 84. We'll be back in a minute. We'll be right back.

Hazmat teams are en route to manage a 30-gallon diesel spill.

Queens FDNY · 0:16
Engine copy, 298 Queens. 298. Just confirm, you put a call in for Hazmat to mitigate the rupture at South Bank? 10-4.
Queens FDNY · 0:31
Battalion 50 to Queens. 50. 8493, can you just have PD respond, please? We're also going to need a sanitation sander. We have a box truck with a 40-gallon diesel tank, severely ruptured. Driver indicated just filled up. We have about 30 gallons of product on the floor at this time. We're going to drop down to an 18. We're going to hold 298, 126, and we'll use... Dispatch.

Firefighters report a box truck with a fuel tank involved in the crash with a large fuel spill from the tank.

Queens FDNY · 0:31
Engine Company 298 Queens. 298. We're 10-84 on an accident located northbound on the Van Wyck at 839 Queens Boulevard. It's a phone call, we have a box truck involved and we have a large fuel spill with a leak in the saddle tank. 10-4, 298. 50 received. 10-4.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a car crash near Exit 10.

Queens FDNY · 0:27
Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Queens phone alarm box 8493, location exit 10 on the Van Wyck Expressway at the Grand Central Parkway for an auto accident, northbound direction. Time's about 2310 hours, dispatcher 492.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Van Wyck Expy N & Exit 10.

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