Princeville, Ill.-Authorities issued a reverse 911 evacuation alert for residents in a mile-wide radius, and traffic was diverted for about three hours when two 1,500 gallon tanks filled with anhydrous ammonia tipped over on a state highway. The tanks were on a trailer being towed by a pickup truck about 10 a.m. Nov. 5 when the driver lost control while making a turn off the highway, reported Capt. Dave Briggs of the Peoria County sheriff’s office. “The tanks tipped over, possibly due to some uneven road lanes at that location, and ended up in a culvert,” Biggs told Green Markets. “While turning, the trailers and the tanks tipped sideways, causing a mist of the chemical to be released by a relief value on one tank. It didn’t amount to much so the situation was approachable.” He said the Peoria city hazmat team was called in, along with the Akron-Princeville fire department. No one was injured, the ammonia was transloaded into other tanks without incident, and the evacuation alert was called off.
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