Diesel leaks into local creek after fuel tanker crash west of Fort Nelson, B.C.
Alaska Highway between B.C. and Yukon closed for cleanup efforts
Highway 97 was closed Monday morning after a fuel tanker was involved in a multi-vehicle incident west of Fort Nelson, B.C., near the Yukon border.
According to B.C.'s Ministry of Environment and Parks, it happened Tuesday morning near Toad River, approximately 200 kilometres west of Fort Nelson and more than 1,000 kilometres north of Vancouver.
The road has been closed for several hours as an assessment is in progress, according to DriveBC. No detours are in place, but should return to single lane alternating later this evening.
The ministry says a rear tanker was "compromised" in the incident, and between 6,000 and 8,000 litres of diesel were released, some making its way into a local creek which drains into the Toad River.
Crews have been dispatched for cleanup, assessment and monitoring.
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