3,000 gallons of fuel spill out in Yellowstone National Park, officials say

Thousands of gallons of gasoline has spilled out in Yellowstone National Park, officials said.

An oil trailer carrying 3,000 gallons of unleaded fuel tipped over and spilled out in the park, Yellowstone National Park said Friday on Facebook.

“While the commercial motor vehicle was transporting unleaded gasoline to facilities in the park, the tandem trailer flipped over on the west side of the road and approximately 3,000 gallons of unleaded fuel was released,” Yellowstone officials said in the post.

There is “no evidence” that gas spilled into the Yellowstone River, park officials said.

The road between Mud Volcano and Fishing Bridge Junction is closed while park officials “assess the impacts of a gasoline spill,” and it has been closed since Thursday.

The incident is still being investigated, and park officials had no additional information on what could have caused the crash.

This story was originally published August 28, 2020 at 4:34 PM with the headline "3,000 gallons of fuel spill out in Yellowstone National Park, officials say."