4,000 Pounds of Pig Blood Spills on Road
June 21, 2007
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A valve on a truck hauling animal waste from a Klamath Falls processing plant broke, spilling 4,000 pounds of pig blood. A biohazards cleaning company from Prineville was called in to clean up about 200 feet of roadway flooded by the blood.
Residents worried about the stench and health hazards.
“It could make our animals sick,” said Amanda Dearing, whose house is along the road. “It could make us really sick.”
Authorities said they hadn’t determined why the valve broke.
The semitrailer truck was leaving Masami Foods on Wednesday afternoon, bound for Tacoma, Wash.
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