MIAMI (WSVN) - The roads on 27th Avenue between West Flagler Street and Southwest Second Street in Miami were shut down for hours due to a fuel spill after, officials said, a gas tanker was involved in a crash.

City of Miami Fire Rescue said the accident involving a gas tanker and a car happened at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday.

Officials said the car damaged the tanker, which was hauling 9,000 gallons of gas, causing fuel to leak onto the roadway.

Crews put a foam-like substance on the fuel that prevented it from entering the storm drains in the area.

Officials said the tanker could not be moved until the gas was transferred onto another truck.

Hazmat teams siphoned the gas from the damaged tanker into another while cleaning up the spill.

The roadway has since reopened to traffic.

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