Eastbound I-70 reopens after haz-mat spill

The eastbound lanes of I-70 have been reopened at the Lookout Mountain exit, after a semi carrying flammable liquid rolled near milepost 256 on Thursday afternoon.

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Haz-mat crews work to clean up a 400-gallon spill of flammable liquid after a tractor-trailer rolled Thursday afternoon on eastbound I-70 near the Lookout Mountain exit.

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Photo By Gabriel Christus/Evergreen Newspapers/Photo Editor

Traffic was backed up for hours after a semi rolled and spilled flammable liquid Thursday on I-70.

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The spill had closed all eastbound lanes starting about 2 p.m., and traffic was diverted onto U.S. 40 for much of the afternoon.

The tractor-trailer, carrying seven 550-gallon containers of a methanol solution, rolled at the entrance to the runaway truck lane, according to the Colorado State Patrol. A haz-mat team was called in to clean up the 400-gallon spill.