Gasoline leak brings city's fire, street departments

Some workers in downtown Jefferson City on Monday morning saw what may have looked like kitty litter spread across the street.

The Fire Department spread a sand-like substance in the 100 block of East High Street after a vehicle came through the block, apparently with a leaking fuel tank.

The sand is the same material the department often uses at accidents where fuel has been spilled.

The fire department said the material was used to soak up the gasoline, because the street was too wet to let the fuel evaporate naturally, without creating slick spots that might have caused an accident.

About 15 minutes after spreading the sand, the city's street sweeper was called in to clean up the sand and fuel, so the wet sand didn't become too slick to cause wrecks.

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