Posted on 07/06/2026 2:55:05 AM PDT by Libloather
The heat was Frank-ly unbearable.
A semi-truck leaked a whopping 40,000 pounds of sticky Frank’s RedHot sauce onto an Ohio highway amid a brutal heatwave last week.
The truck carrying loads of the popular condiment began leaking while traveling north on Interstate 71 in Delaware County on Thursday, leaving a trail of the spicy sauce on the roadbed before its driver realized, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
The driver eventually pulled into a truck stop as fire crews followed the trail of the bright-red mystery fluid to find its source.
“Our crews were out on the highway trying to track it down and actually were able to follow the trail to the Pilot,” Berkshire, Sunbury, Trenton & Galena Fire Chief Chris Kovach told the outlet.
After learning that the substance was Frank’s RedHot sauce, fire crews were forced to call in the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, according to local reports.
Due to the hot sauce’s acidity, flushing it into waterways could pose environmental risks. Instead, crews had to use containment protocols and hazmat materials to stop it from spilling into drains.
Kovach told the outlet that the trucking company will have to arrange for a cleanup company to properly address the spill.
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fire crews were forced to call in the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Oh for pete’s sakes...
What a complete waste of money...
Frank’s RedHot sauce???
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
GLOBAL WARMING JUST GOT 10,000X WORSE!!!
THE CHILDRENS!!!!! /Liberal Logic
I bet the other drivers gave him a good ribbing.
This is a sign of the “Apocalipsis”!
Did he meet up with another truck hauling scrambled eggs?
40 Cholula fans showed up to negatively critique the release.
Agree... Justification for more funding is what that’s all about.
“...fire crews were forced to call ...”
Forced by who NYP? Do your job for a change.
My brother even puts the stuff on his scrambled eggs.
Yeah but this might be racist if Pete Buttigieg declared it as a racist road.
Boy is Frank gonna be pissed
LOL! And another with bacon and another with hash browns and sausage.
Do the Hash Browns too 😋
When they say you can put that sht on everything.....I don’t think this is what they meant. Lol!
Collides with a truck full of chicken wings.
Frank’s is Okay, but I prefer the Original Tabasco Sauce!.......
This is even better.
https://crystalhotsauce.com/
I don’t care much for Frank’s or Texas Pete.
I prefer Sri Racha sauce for its flavor, which is garlic.
A single drop is usually all it takes for me.
Crystal is good too.............And Texas Pete......
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