Overview
- A cargo truck leaked an estimated 1,000 liters of nitric acid along about 200 meters of Bulevar 2000, prompting a multi‑agency hazmat response that cordoned the area and diverted traffic.
- Firefighters applied sodium bicarbonate and lime to neutralize the acid, washed the pavement, and officials reported the spill was controlled with no injuries confirmed.
- Authorities advised anyone with eye or throat irritation, severe cough, breathing trouble, chest pain, or bloody expectoration to seek medical care because nitric acid vapors can form nitrogen dioxide and cause delayed lung injury.
- Police reopened the affected lanes after cleaning, and investigators have begun follow‑up with preliminary information naming the transporter as Química PIMA while attribution remains under review.
- Transport incidents with strong corrosives like nitric acid are managed by rapid containment, neutralization and public‑health monitoring, and similar responses in other cities show quick activation of protocols can prevent evacuations and major harm.