Traffic & Transit
Overturned Fuel Tanker Spills Into Napa-Sonoma Marshes
The spill caused an 8-hour closure of Sears Point Road.
NAPA VALLEY, CA — State Highway 37 was closed in both directions to clean up a gasoline spill into a marsh and was expected to be shut for six to eight hours, the California Highway Patrol said Saturday afternoon.
A "large quantity" of fuel leaked from an overturned fuel tanker into the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area west of Vallejo following a collision about 2 p.m. near Walnut Avenue, the CHP said.
The highway, also known as Sears Point Road, was closed from state Highway 121 to Walnut Avenue for hazardous materials removal, the highway patrol said about 4 p.m.
The collision between two vehicles left those involved with minor injuries, according to California Highway Patrol spokesman Garrett Pumphrey.
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The Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife area is a wildlife habitat and recreation area with over 15,000 acres of baylands, tidal sloughs and wetland habitat, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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