BUTLER, Ky. — A number of emergency businesses responded to a spill of diesel gasoline and used motor oil into the Willow Creek outdoors of Butler, Ky. late Sunday night time.
The spill occurred on State Street 177, simply previous Northern Elementary Faculty and Lock Street on strategy to the bridge into city.
Pendleton County EMA Public Info Officer Rob Braun stated a deputy chief on scene described the incident as a “giant” spill.
Info on how the spill occurred and the precise scale of it was not instantly obtainable. There’s a trucking firm situated within the neighborhood.
The identical portion of highway the place crews responded was already submerged underwater and closed to automobile site visitors. The Licking River crested at 38.5 toes in a single day Sunday after extreme flooding.
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Kentucky’s Emergency Operations Middle has been alerted, and the response groups are getting ready for efforts within the morning, Braun stated. Native groups decided there was no motion they had been in a position to take safely in a single day.
It is a creating story. WCPO will replace this story when extra info turns into obtainable.
Andrew Rowan | WCPO 9
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