Tricity TN/VA [USA]

A 150-pound cylinder of sulfur dioxide fell off of a DPC Enterprises tractor-trailer just after 9 a.m. Wednesday, closing traffic on Interstate 26 for more than six hours.

The spill originally happened near the Eastern Star Exit, southbound on I-26, as the truck was heading to a water treatment plant in Johnson City.

Kingsport Police quickly closed the east- and westbound lanes of I-26 and the Kingsport Fire Department was called in to take charge of the chemical spill cleanup.

Four people breathed in the sulfur dioxide fumes including a firefighter. All four people were treated at local hospitals and released….([1] Full Story — off-site)