FREMONT — The smell of gasoline from a tanker truck spill on Interstate Highway 680 in Fremont prompted the evacuation of about 100 homes along the highway Friday morning, police said.
Gas spilled from a tanker truck that overturned at about 4:50 a.m. on northbound Highway 680 north of state Highway 262 and south of Auto Mall Parkway. Hazardous material teams are at the scene.
A temporary evacuation shelter has been set up at the city of Fremont’s Public Works Corp Yard at 42551 Osgood Road. Gas spilled into a storm drain and retention pond, according to police.
All northbound lanes of Highway 680 are blocked as crews load the truck’s remaining fuel into another truck and upright the overturned tanker, police and the California Highway Patrol said.
The truck was involved in a collision with a car, CHP Officer Tyler Hahn said. The truck overturned after the collision.
As of about 9:20 a.m., lanes were still closed and could be closed for a while, Hahn said.
Police said it may take until 5 p.m. or later before the truck is righted.
FREMONT, CA – DECEMBER 24: Firefighters work to remove the remaining gasoline from an overturned tanker truck along northbound Interstate 680 between the Mission Boulevard and Durham Road exits in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. All northbound lanes were shutdown following the early morning accident. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) FREMONT, CA – DECEMBER 24: Emergency vehicles are parked on scene, as firefighters and a work crew remove the remaining gasoline from an overturned tanker truck along northbound Interstate 680 between the Mission Boulevard and Durham Road exits in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. All northbound lanes were shutdown following the early morning accident. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) FREMONT, CA – DECEMBER 24: Firefighters work to remove the remaining gasoline from an overturned tanker truck to another tanker along northbound Interstate 680 between the Mission Boulevard and Durham Road exits in Fremont, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. All northbound lanes were shutdown following the early morning accident. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
