Tanker Truck Leak Closes Ventura Freeway
From Times Staff Reports
A tanker truck leaking highly flammable liquid oxygen shut down the Ventura Freeway on Friday, snarling traffic and leading to the evacuation of four businesses.
The truck was unloading 4,400 gallons of the liquid at Apria Healthcare on Trabajo Drive when the leak occurred. The oxygen combined with air to form clouds of white vapor that drifted over the freeway, Oxnard fire officials said. As a precaution, the freeway was closed between Rice and Central avenues from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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