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Gallons of cooking oil spilled onto I-95 in New Haven, closing two lanes for several hours

The spill happened after two totes carrying the oil fell off the back of a truck on Monday.
Credit: Environmental Services Inc.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The right two lanes on Interstate 95 Southbound were shut down for several hours Monday morning after a truck spilled cooking grease in New Haven over the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge. 

Troop G responded to a report of a large spill on in the area of Exit 48 on I-95 at around 8:27 a.m. on Monday. 

An estimated 500 gallons from two totes carrying the oil fell off the back of a truck. 

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The Connecticut Department of Transportation and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to the clean-up, which took several hours. The road has since reopened.

🚨New Haven, CT. 🚨 A large cooking grease spill happened today on Route 95 Southbound on the Q Bridge. Over 500 gallons of grease spilled out when 2 totes fell off the back of a truck.

Posted by Environmental Services, Inc. on Monday, January 2, 2023

No injuries were reported.

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