Jet fuel spilled near University of Utah hospital
(Photo courtesy Salt Lake City Fire Department) Fire crews work to clean up a spill of jet fuel near University of Utah Hospital, Friday, June 21, 2019.
Salt Lake City firefighters spent Friday afternoon cleaning up jet fuel spilled on a road near the University of Utah hospital.
FOX 13 reported a tanker truck spilled about 25 gallons of fuel on a road behind the hospital, near a parking garage that is also used as a landing pad for medical helicopters.
Two people had undergone decontamination procedures, but no injuries were reported.
By 5:45 p.m., fire crews had contained the spill, according to the Salt Lake City Fire Department’s Twitter feed. The fuel had gone down two storm drains, but flowed into a retention pond and did not enter the city’s water system.
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Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.