North Franklinton residents evacuated, exit ramps closed after hazmat situation

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus police are evacuating a one-mile area and highway exit ramps are shut down near the Scioto River, west of Downtown Columbus.

According to Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Geitter a hazmat team was called to investigate a situation in which a trailer attached to a semi-truck was smoking Thursday morning. At around 5:20 a.m. crews were called to the 1600 block of McKinley Road in North Franklinton, near Grandview Avenue, where a trailer of a semi-truck...