Gasoline Tanker Hits Ohio Fire Truck

A gasoline tanker careened into an Oakwood fire truck parked at the scene of a crash yesterday afternoon (Aug. 16), triggering a Hazmat response, according to WJW-TV.

Two firefighters -- one who was behind the apparatus and another who was in front of it -- escaped injury, Chief Jim Schade told the news station.

"They heard the (sound) and jumped over the concrete wall over there to get behind it," he said.

The firefighters were on the scene of an earlier collision on I-275 shortly after noon when the driver of the tanker wasn't able to stop in time.

Hazmat crews responded after less than 200 gallons of fuel leaked from the tanker, and the Ohio EPA said the spill was cleaned up. Luckily, emergency valves on the tanker prevented the majority of the 8,000 gallons of gasoline it was transporting from leaking out.

There were no serious injuries and the highway was reopened by 7 p.m., according to the report.