On August 1st, 2018 a tanker truck carrying 5000 gallons of gasoline crashed and started leaking near the West Seattle bridge. I recorded Seattle police and fire units responding to the crash and stabilizing the scene.
Seattle Fire crews applied a large amount of foam to the truck, to suppress the gasoline vapors and prevent possible ignition / explosion.
SFD originally requested mutual aid from the Boeing Airport Fire Department, but were told the Boeing crash trucks were out of service.
SFD then dispatched both of their hose tenders, which carry 500 gallons of foam (compared to 10 gallons on a standard engine). They also sent a flat-bed services truck to the SFD warehouse to load additional foam.
Units worked throughout the night to unload the crashed tanker and prevent the spilled gasoline from reaching the Duwamish waterway.
Thanks for watching!
Video highlights:
0:13 – first engine (36?) is seen arriving on scene
0:35 – many SPD units seen arriving on scene
3:25 – HazMat response team is seen responding (Engine 10, Staff 10, Haz-Mat 1, Ladder 1, Aid 5 and Air 10)
6:16 – SDOT (finally) pans camera to show entire crash scene. SFD can be seen applying foam.
6:30 – camera pans toward SFD staging area
7:42 – foam foam foam
8:00 – Hose 34 (rare) is seen responding
8:09 – Engine 18 and Hose 18 (rare) are seen responding
9:05 – SFD services truck is seen responding (bringing extra foam from warehouse)
9:30 – Rehab 1 (I think) and DeCon 1 (rare) are seen responding
10:37 – Services truck is seen arriving
10:54 – some still pictures showing the cleanup the next morning
11:08 – video showing cleanup the next morning
Units dispatched (in order of dispatch):
Initial dispatch: Aid 10, Air 10, Battalion 5, Battalion 7, Engine 10, Engine 32, Engine 36, Hazmat 1, Ladder 1, Medic 32, Rescue 1, Safety Officer (SAFT2), Staff/ICS support (STAF10), Deputy chief (DEP1)
Additional engines: E11 E29 E5
Units for additional foam: Hose34, Hose18, E18 (response with Hose18)
Public Information Officer: PIO
Additional units: E2, E30, Fireboat Leschi, Fireboat 4
Support units: Rehab1, Decon1
Relief companies (dispatched around 2:30 am): E13, E29, E22
Additional engine companies and units were dispatched throughout the next day as crews needed to be changed and rotated out.
News stories:
VIDEO: Tanker truck goes sideways, leaks fuel; West Seattle low bridge access blocked for hours
https://komonews.com/news/local/tanker-truck-crashes-under-west-seattle-bridge