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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Fire Rescue Department and its hazmat team responded to a crash this afternoon involving an overturned tractor-trailer carrying hazardous materials.
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According to an MFRD news release, the crash happened at 55 Grover Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. The truck was carrying sodium hydroxide and was also spilling diesel fuel.
Traffic in both directions was stopped until crews cleared the scene, and emergency responders reportedly contained the spills by 1 p.m…