Article 6JK3S Queensland truck crash: police evacuate 5km exclusion zone after explosive chemical spill

Queensland truck crash: police evacuate 5km exclusion zone after explosive chemical spill

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Andrew Messenger
from World news | The Guardian on (#6JK3S)

Ammonium nitrate found leaking on to road at Bloomsbury, causing evacuations and closure of Bruce Highway in both directions

There's no timeline for when residents will be allowed to return home after the rollover of a truck carrying explosive chemicals in Queensland.

The Bruce Highway has been blocked in both directions at Bloomsbury, north of Mackay in Queensland, after the spillage of ammonium nitrate, a common fertiliser that can explode in the wrong conditions.

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