UPDATE: Semi-truck overturns, causes chemical spill on Riverfront Pkwy

UPDATE:

At 12:50 a.m. Tuesday, the evacuation order was lifted.

Residents can return to their homes, and the shelter will be closing.

Cleanup is still underway, but the leaking tote has been offloaded from the scene.

Crown Subaru, Chattanooga Whiskey Event Hall, a medical office and dental office in the immediate vicinity will remain closed during cleanup.

The intersection of MLK and Riverfront Parkway remains closed during cleanup. Traffic will be diverted off of Riverfront at Chestnut Street and Main Street. Westbound traffic on MLK with be turned around at Boynton Drive.

EARLIER:

(Chattanooga Fire Department)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Chattanooga authorities are working to evacuate some of the downtown area due to a chemical spill which is actively leaking.

The Chattanooga Fire Department said a tractor trailer wrecked and rolled over just after 6 p.m. on Monday. This was at Riverfront Parkway and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

According to firefighters, the semi-truck has 13 totes of chemicals on board. That includes 42,000 pounds of muriatic acid and organic peroxide.

One of those totes is leaking onto the metal of the truck, according to CFD.

Chemical spill site (Chattanooga Fire Department)

Fire officials are evacuated businesses and residents in a quarter mile radius. That includes from Riverfront Parkway to Molly Lane, and west of the accident to the river.

It is possible that authorities could expand that evacuation site.

The Avondale Community Center is open for anyone needing shelter during this time.

Hazmat crews are on scene at this time, according to CFD. They say Marion Environment, a cleanup crew, is also on the way.

No one has been injured as a result of this incident. No one has been exposed to any chemicals either, according to firefighters.