Charleston Tank Truck Accident; Cooper River Charleston, SC

Source report excerpt: “New estimates for tank truck accident: 7600 gallons of gasoline 1,000 gallons of kerosene The gasoline persistence would increase by about an hour. So 90% evaporated in 3 hours, 100% gone by 5 hours unless it gets into the sediment. The kerosene is more persistent. ADIOS model predicts 60% evaporated by 0600 tomorrow morning and 90% evaporated by mid afternoon on Wednesday. This means there could be scattered light sheens near the entrance to the Cooper River from the creek. This is a worse case estimate. My guess is that a lot, if not most of the kerosene would end up on the shoreline of the creek with the north winds at 5 - 10 knots and very little if any would actually get into the […]”

Source report excerpt: “http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/nov/05/overturned_tanker_spills_fuel_into_creek60468/ Overturned tanker spills fuel into creek BY NADINE PARKS (CONTACT) The Post and Courier Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Tyrone Walker The Post and Courier North Charleston police closed Virgina Avenue near Interstate 526 after a tanker overturned and spilled fuel late Tuesday night. A fuel tanker turned on its side Tuesday night on the Virginia Avenue entrance ramp to the Mark Clark Expressway in North Charleston. The tank split open and spilled thousands of gallons of fuel into Filbin Creek. Authorities blocked Virginia Avenue because the vapor from the kerosene and gasoline is dangerous. At midnight, […]”

Source report excerpt: “http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/nov/06/fuel_cleanup_continues60616/ Fuel cleanup continues Gasoline, kerosene spilled into Filbin Creek after truck crash BY PRENTISS FINDLAY (CONTACT) The Post and Courier Thursday, November 6, 2008 Dead fish and large schools of minnows gasping for air could be seen Wednesday in Filbin Creek in North Charleston, where an overturned 18-wheeler spilled 8,000 gallons of gasoline and 1,000 gallons of kerosene, officials said. Melissa Haneline The Post and Courier Workers with Moran Environmental Recovery lay down barriers in an effort to contain the gasoline and kerosene that spilled from a tanker that crashed Tuesday on Virginia Avenue in North Charleston. […]”