I-70 reopens following tractor-trailer fuel spill in Wolcott

Interstate 70 has reopened after a tractor-trailer hit a rock on the Interstate at mile marker 156 in Wolcott, rupturing the vehicle’s fuel tank and spilling approximately 100 gallons of fuel across both lanes.

No one was injured.

First responders were notified at 4:06 p.m.; a hazmat team was called at 5:05 p.m. and arrived at 6:11 p.m., said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer.

It was the second rock-on-the-roadway incident to close Interstate 70 westbound in Eagle County on Wednesday; early morning rockfall in Dowd Canyon also closed the road during the a.m. hours.

Spring freeze-and-thaw cycles often cause rockfall as snowmelt enters small cracks in rocks, freezes and expands, jarring the rock loose. Motorists are advised to use caution.