{"id":3381,"date":"2026-05-24T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/big-rig-oil-spill-closes-westbound-interstate-80-near-colfax-chp-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T21:02:19","slug":"big-rig-oil-spill-closes-westbound-interstate-80-near-colfax-chp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/big-rig-oil-spill-closes-westbound-interstate-80-near-colfax-chp-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Big-rig oil spill closes westbound Interstate 80 near Colfax, CHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Westbound lanes of Interstate 80 were closed Sunday near Colfax, with traffic detouring through Secret Town, following an oil spill by a semi-tanker.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/update-lake-fire-in-nevada-county-may-24-status\/\">Update: Lake Fire in Nevada County \u2013 May 24 status<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>An incident log for the California Highway Patrol showed that a semi-tanker that had pulled over with its flashers on began leaking oil at 10:38 a.m. near the junction with Highway 174. Another driver nearly lost control of their vehicle when they hit the oil slick, they told the CHP in an emergency call at that time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Workers initially kept the first westbound lane open, since the spill was contained to the second lane. The decision to do a hard closure of the freeway was made at 10:50 a.m. so that the fuel could be cleaned up.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In all, approximately 100 to 120 gallons of diesel spilled onto the freeway. The CHP log noted that the driver \u201chit something in the roadway and it ruptured the bottom of the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/irish-governing-fine-gael-opposition-social-democrats-share-by-election-spoils\/\">Irish governing Fine Gael, opposition Social Democrats share by-election spoils<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A CHP spokesperson said that the closure was west of the Cape Horn undercrossing to Colfax. The spokesperson didn\u2019t know when the freeway would fully reopen and said that cleanup was still underway as of about 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The incident log noted just before 1:30 p.m. that a hard closure was in place at Secret Town and that there was the possibility of an additional hard closure at Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/death-of-research-hummingbird-at-uc-riverside-triggers-third-animal-welfare-citation-in-3-years\/\">Death of research hummingbird at UC Riverside triggers third animal welfare citation in 3 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This is a developing story; check back with sacbee.com for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 24, 2026 at 1:46 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Highway Patrol closed westbound Interstate 80 near Colfax after semi-tanker spilled oil on Sunday morning, causing another car to skid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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