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Newark Streets Reopen After Tanker Hits Hydrant Spilling Gasoline Onto Roadway

NEWARK (CBS SF) -- An intersection in Newark that was closed Saturday morning due to a gasoline spill has reopened, Alameda County Fire officials said.

The intersection at Newark and Cedar boulevards was closed for nearly two hours, after a gasoline tanker crashed into a fire hydrant causing gas to spill onto the roadway around 6:30 a.m., according to police.

A hazmat team responded to the scene and since cleaned the spill.

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