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UPTON COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The Texas Department of Public Safety shared new information about its response to a fire earlier this month in Upton County.
According to DPS officials, around 7:45 p.m. on July 19, members of the DPS Radiation/Nuclear Detection Unit, along with the Upton County Sheriff's Office, and other local agencies, responded to the scene of a semi-truck fire along State Highway 329, northwest of Rankin. The semi-truck was transporting UN3332- a radioactive material that contains Cesium-137, which can pose a serious health threat.
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