Diesel fire now burning underground in Hillsborough County

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A large cloud of black smoke could be seen from WFLA’s downtown tower cam on Wednesday afternoon.

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said they were dispatched to a diesel fuel fire on US-301 in Tampa.

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The fire was said to have broken out behind a commercial complex on 503 US-301.

“Calls to the HCFR dispatch center reported a diesel fuel leak that had ignited and was flowing toward a sewer behind the building,” an HCFR release stated. “First-arriving crews found two vehicles fully engulfed in flames, with burning fuel running toward and into a storm drain.”…

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