A broken water truck led to a multi-hour closure of McCallum Road Monday afternoon.
The truck broke down at roughly 11:30 a.m. on the roadway near Best Buy. Crews finished cleaning the area and traffic reopened to two-way traffic by 5:00 p.m.
The truck leaked roughly 300 litres of diesel fuel, with most of it pouring into nearby storm drains. Langford and Ministry of Environment officials surveyed outfall locations to determine the extent of the leak, but itB次元官网网址檚 unknown how much of the fuel still needed to be cleaned up.
The truckB次元官网网址檚 frame failed, leading to a rupturing of its fuel tanks.
The cargo tank remained intact, although the truckB次元官网网址檚 weight posed problems for emergency crews.
B次元官网网址淭he water became a problem for us because the weight became too much for tow trucks to get it up on the flat deck. We had to hook up hoses to another water truck and gravity helped us to get the water off-loaded,B次元官网网址� Aubrey said.
Access to Costco, Staples, Home Depot and Best Buy was limited to alternative routes during the closure.
