Gas Tanker Fire in Fort Worth: Quick Thinking Prevents Catastrophe

0:00It's April 5th. You're listening to Dallas News today, AI-powered local news. Early Sunday morning around 1 a.m., a gas tanker smashed into another car on Trinity Boulevard, just off Texas 360 and Fort Worth, Texas. Power lines got knocked down in the wreck, igniting a massive fire right next to a Valero fuel station. The tanker driver did all he could to stop the gas from spilling into the station's parking lot, but he ended up in critical condition at a nearby hospital. Fort Worth fire crews labeled it a level 2 hazardous materials incident, with the blaze raging for hours. They hit the tanker with water streams to keep it cool, while coordinating a big response. They called in an environmental unit, a phone truck from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and even sand trucks to build dams against the fuel. Runoff. By 7 a.m., the fire was out, cleanup wrapped up, and crews cleared the scene. Move quick thinking turned a potential catastrophe into a contained mess.