The N1 highway between Touwsriver and De Doorns in the Western Cape was closed on Friday morning around 7 pm, following a nitric acid spill caused by an overturned tanker.
Source: News24The Cape Winelands District and Breede Valley municipalities'
fire services were deployed on the scene overnight, attempting clean-up
operations.
“The gas is being pumped from the overturned tanker into a
fresh tanker to be removed from the scene so that operations can continue”,
said CWDM's spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto.
She noted that there were no casualties or injuries
reported.
Motorists were advised to take alternative routes.
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