Overview
- Authorities say 36 people were hospitalized, including 11 in serious to critical condition, and four were flown to Oklahoma City for treatment.
- The leak began around 10 p.m. Wednesday from a tanker parked behind the Holiday Inn Express, and responders later confirmed the truck was no longer actively releasing gas.
- Roughly 500 to 600 residents took shelter at Southwestern Oklahoma State University as others sheltered indoors before the all-clear was issued Thursday morning.
- The tanker carried about 25,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, and runoff from suppression efforts entered a storm drain and affected a nearby creek, according to the EPA.
- Multiple agencies, including hazmat teams and the Oklahoma National Guard’s 63rd Civil Support Team, responded; Weatherford police reported officer exposures, and officials expect cleanup to take days.