SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK ROLLOVER WITH DIESEL SPILL ON SKYWAY NEAR 79TH ST CHICAGO -- LEVEL II HAZMAT, CHICAGO

    THU JUN 30 2016 ~12:30 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    Rollover Semi-Trailer/FUEL SPILL/LEVEL II HAZMAT
    41.748198, -87.583487 (8000 South Inbound Skyway CHICAGO, IL)



    Report of a rollover semi-trailer truck. Truck possibly transporting steel bars.

    E46 crew reports the Skyway is shut down from the Stony Island exit by 12:33 am.

    E46 crew reports by 12:35 am that an 18-wheeler is completely upside down with most saddle tanks completely full. The saddle tanks were just filled in Indiana.

    Truck tractor is Alain Giroux transport.

    BC23 requests a Level II Hazmat by 12:50 am for a confirmed diesel fuel spill with an overturned tanker truck.

    BC23 requests Heavy Duty Wrecker by 12:57 am.

    BC23 requesting confirmation on getting a heavy duty tow truck by 1:03 am.

    BC23 reports the trailer is still attached to the cab by 1:03 am.

    Towing is handled through the Skyway Authority, not Streets and Sanitation.

    CV275 on the scene just north of the incident and just ahead of E72 and SQD5 by 1:05 am.

    CV275 reports by 1:13 am that there is one injured victim Code Green from the truck crash.

    CV275 reports by 1:47 am that diesel is being offloaded.

    Semi-Trailer truck and tractor uprighted by about 3:30 am.



    Cleaning up debris from the ditch by 5:23 am.

    Load removal ongoing by about 5:36 am.

    Loose steel bars debris still being removed; Expecting to open one lane by about 6:05 am.

    Skyway re-opened about 6:49 am.

    UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E46 E72

    TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL ??

    SQD5 CV275

    5-1-1 (HAZ-MAT INCIDENT TEAM 1)

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC235-1-0 (DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF HAZMAT)

    EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

    STAGING:

    LEVEL II HAZMAT at 12:50 am on orders of BC23

    WIND S 7 MPH

    UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E22 E75

    TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL ??

    SQD5 CV275

    RIT: BC ?? T ??

    CHIEF(S): BC23 225
    BC5 Safety Chief
    BC24 Plans Chief

    SPECIAL: E22 with Decontamination Unit 5-3-0

    EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

    STAGING: 79th and Stony to the exit ramp in the opposite direction

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