Seattle Police are stretched down the southbound lanes of 15th from 85th to Market this afternoon making sure no one drives in the left lane.
We spoke with the firefighters on Ladder 6 who say they’re dealing with a broken hydraulic line on their truck, which leaked hydraulic fluid down 15th. The Ladder truck pulled over just north of the intersection at 15th and Market.
Update: As of 4:45 p.m. all the lanes of 15th have been reopened. (Thanks Amy and Kim for emailing us!)
Fire truck oozes hydraulic fluid down 15th
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Actually the spill affects 15th all the way to at least 85th. I think the truck started leaking fluid as it left the station north of 85th.
I was wondering what that was all about. Right outside my window, cops, fire trucks, and a big fat wet streak in the middle of 15th.
Thanks for clearing up that mystery!
Thanks, Bob! We just changed that.
Sand? I thought we were switching to using salt on the streets after what happened this winter.
/looks outside
//winter's over
///oh, my bad
hey trix, you in my building????
Dunno. I'm across the street from where the Three Girls Bakery is going in (lucky me).
im on 56th and 15.
A lot closer to Market than I am (62nd).
Salt won't soak up hydraulic fluid the way sand will.
was in morgans plumbing when this was all going on and the employee said that he was shocked at the reponse and had never seen the city respond so fast to such a situation. now that we learn it was a city vehicle that caused the mess…. it all adds up
Early this morning I saw a fancy street-washing tanker truck go by repeatedly washing that area. I also heard cars skidding – so be careful on that stretch in case they missed a spot.
I have a friend who was one of the first to find out about the spill– firsthand by smashing his car into the back of a tow truck as he was driving away for lunch. No one was hurt, thankfully. But he's only getting $800 from insurance and the rates are going to go up (high school boy? yeah, not good).