Fuel spill closes roadway

18.09.11

NEAR KIRKSVILLE, MO -- UPDATED @ 9:25 a.m.

Highway 6 is open to traffic. The highway was re-opened about 12:30 a.m.

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UPDATED @ 8:00 P.M.

Officials with the state and county have set-up a road block at Baltimore and Route 6 to inform drivers about the hazmat situation.

UPDATED @ 6:00 P.M.

Adair County Sheriff Robert Hardwick informed KTVO that the fuel in the tanker truck was high octane gasoline. The hazmat team from Olathe, Kansas should be on the scene within the hour.

UPDATED @ 5:00 P.M.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released some preliminary information regarding the tanker crash that took place east of Kirksville Sunday.

According to the department, just after 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning, a 8,000 gallon fuel tanker was involved in an accident that closed down Route 6 between Kirksville and Brashear.

Source: KTVO

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