Hundreds Flee Fumes in Texas Nitric Acid Leak
Associated Press
AZLE, Tex. —
A truck leaked thousands of gallons of nitric acid along a Texas highway, slightly injuring more than 50 people and causing acidic smoke to billow in red clouds around the vehicle.
About 1,350 of Azle’s 7,800 residents were evacuated for a time Thursday as the truck spewed the chemical along a five-mile stretch of roadway. Some of it spilled into a creek that flows into Eagle Mountain Lake, a water source for Azle and Fort Worth.
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