The San Angelo Fire Department, the City’s Fire Marshal and a hazardous materials team from Goodfellow Air Force Base contained a hydrochloric acid spill in southwest San Angelo on Thursday. The spill, in the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn and Conference Center on West Loop 306, resulted in no injuries or illnesses. A tanker truck owned by Refinery Specialties of Bryan was leaking the acid from a cracked inlet/outlet pipe when it parked in the hotel’s lot. As much as 350 gallons of acid oozed from the truck before two Goodfellow firefighters cloaked in hazmat suits were able to plug the leak. The city used sand to build a series of dikes to contain the acid, which was then cleaned up by Refinery Specialists.
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