Acid spill on North-South Expressway, no casualties reported


A screenshot of a tweet by Bernama showing the acid tanks on the highway after the incident.

SEREMBAN (Bernama): ? A trailer carrying nitric acid, which was being towed, overturned at KM270.5 of the North-South Expressway (north bound) near the Seremban Rest and Recreation area here Saturday (Feb 9).

Seremban Fire and Rescue Station head Mohamad Idris said the incident, which occurred at about 5am, caused the aqueous nitric acid in two tanks to leak.

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