Is the scent lastly gone from Freeway 395 and Selph Touchdown? (FCSO)
The accident occurred July 2, however by now lastly the scent has gone away?
Potato sludge sends semi sliding off-road.
When you have been questioning what that great odor was in Franklin County July 2, it was potato sludge. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Division stories there was (apparently) a truck carrying potato sludge (waste merchandise from harvest, manufacturing, and sub-standard taters) that leaked it throughout a part of a county highway.
Street crews have been seen dropping a variety of sand close to the intersection of Freeway 395 and Selph Touchdown Street, however not earlier than this semi-truck couldn’t get stopped within the slime and jackknifed. The motive force was not damage, however in our footage, you’ll be able to see the shiny highway situations.
Shiny slimy highway from potato sludge (FCSO)
What’s potato sludge?
Also known as potato waste, sludge is a smelly mixture of by-products from processing, together with sub-standard potatoes and different by-products that we do not eat. The website dairyknowledge.in has some information about how these waste merchandise are used for a wide range of functions, together with cattle feed.
In accordance with the web site:
“Potato peels, pulp and unpmarketable potatoes may be processed and included into animal feed formulations. “
We have by no means been round potato sludge, it is understood that it isn’t like a french-fry or burnt cooking scent, however a lot worse.
And the Franklin County Sherif’s Division put it this manner of their informational launch concerning the incident:
“Whereas it might be exhausting to see, it’s sadly straightforward to scent.”
By all accounts, we have heard the highway ought to be smelling considerably higher by now.
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