On Saturday morning February 20, 2010 Hawthorne FD was dispatched for a reported fluid spill and debris in the roadway. Location Route 9A Northbound at Westchester County PD. Units operating: 2191, 2192, 2193, E155, U41, MPPD, West. Cnty. PD, Glens Towing

Weather Condition Warm & Sunny

Upon arrival of the chiefs, they found a fully loaded tractor trailer with garbage which had rolledover and emptied the contents of the trailer all over the place. E155 setup flares and cones around the accident scene and also checked the truck for leaking fluids. Units then wiated for Glens Towing to respond and remove the T/T. All the garbage was removed by Glens Towing and a private contractor.

Hawthorne units were on scene for about 3.5 hrs.

This accident was a few yards shy of a gasoline tanker fire that we had back in the summer of 1999