Hundreds Flee as Trailer Carrying Chemicals Ignites
Associated Press
COVINGTON, La. — A tanker trailer carrying thousands of pounds of a hazardous chemical burst into flames along an interstate highway Saturday, forcing the temporary evacuation of several hundred people, authorities said.
The truck was carrying 43,000 pounds of a granular form of sodium hydrosulfite, which is used as a commercial cleaner, when it burst into flames on Interstate 12 about 25 miles north of New Orleans. No injuries were reported.
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