{"id":718422,"date":"2026-06-22T02:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:40:09","slug":"jackson-co-urges-caution-for-drivers-traveling-on-macktown-road-after-oil-spill-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718422\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Co. urges caution for drivers traveling on Macktown Road after oil spill cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Jackson County Emergency Management is urging residents to use caution when traveling on Macktown Road following an oil leak.<\/p>\n<p>Zeb Holland, Director of Emergency Management, said the fuel leak was reported to Jackson County 911 shortly after 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/jackson-county-emergency-personnel-collaborative-safety-training-fire-ground-operations-firefighter-safety-techniques-commercial-buildings-water-supply-exercises-locations-aerial-vehicle-situational-awareness-incident-command\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL GATHER FOR COLLABORATIVE SAFETY TRAINING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sylva Fire Department was the first on the scene, where crews discovered an oil spill of 1,000 gallons of #4 motor oil on Macktown Road.<\/p>\n<p>Sylva Fire Chief Mike Beck requested help from Jackson County Emergency Management and its hazardous materials response trailer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After meeting with the facility manager where the spill originated, it is estimated that more than 1,000 gallons of #4 motor oil may have been released,&#8221; Holland said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews cleaned the area and reopened Macktown Road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/25-million-grant-funding-rebuild-jackson-county-helene-department-commerces-community-development-block-neighborhood-revitalization-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JACKSON COUNTY TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $2.5M TO HELP REBUILDING EFFORTS AFTER HELENE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holland says there is no threat to the public and urges residents to use caution when traveling on the road, as sand and oil-dry absorbent materials were applied to the road to assist with the cleanup and may still be on the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Transportation have been notified of the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Jackson County Emergency Management is urging residents to use caution when traveling on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-718422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}