Ethanol Spill in Greensboro, North Carolina

- Decem­ber 8, 2014, Bio­fu­els International

Fire­fight­ers in Greens­boro, North Car­oli­na, respond­ed to a leak­ing tanker at a Ryder truck rental facility.

Approx­i­mate­ly 2,000 gal­lons of ethanol spilled in an acci­dent in south Greens­boro North Carolina.

A tanker filled with ethanol burst after the land­ing gear, which is used to keep the trail­er upright when not hooked to a trac­tor gave way.

Addi­tion­al city crews with heavy equip­ment were called in to dig a pit to con­tain the fuel.

Crews placed large con­tain­ers under the tanker to cap­ture some of the fuel.

Fire­fight­ers moved the rest of the remain­ing fuel from the dam­aged tanker to a sec­ond tanker.

No one was injured in the incident.