TAPAH: A tanker lorry laden with hydrochloric acid skidded and flipped on its side at Km324 of the North-South Expressway near here last night, and leaked some of the highly toxic chemical onto the road.
According to Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Yahya Madis, the tanker lorry carrying 25,000 litres of hydrochloric acid flipped over and ruptured at about 11.15pm.
"The (rupture) caused the acid to spill out," Yahya said, adding that the department received a distress call at about 11.31pm and a team was despatched to the scene.
He said clean-up work was carried out by the Pasir Puteh fire station’s Hazardous Material (Hazmat) team and firemen from the Tapah, Gopeng and Simpang Pulai fire stations.
"The Hazmat team managed to shut the tanker’s valve and control the leakage at about 1.55am," Yahya added.