Anhydrous ammonia leak shuts down Iowa highway
BOONE, Iowa (AP) - Emergency crews are on the scene of a
anhydrous ammonia leak near Boone in central Iowa.
Officials say a tanker truck carrying the chemical went off Iowa
Highway 17 around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. The truck crashed into a
snowbank and into a ditch full of water where it overturned.
Boone County Emergency Management Director Dave Morlan says
there is a small leak, and officials believe it's caused by a
release valve on the tanker.
The tanker is carrying about 7,000 gallons of anhydrous.
Morlan says there are no evacuations and no one was injured. He
says the chemical will be off-loaded onto another truck.
Morlan says a 3-mile stretch of Highway 17 is closed in both
directions. The accident happened about 5 miles east of Boone.
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