WACO (March 25, 2009)—Lake Air Drive at Bosque Boulevard has been reopened to traffic after being closed most of the day due to a gasoline spill.

Some homes and businesses were evacuated early Wednesday afternoon in the area of Lake Air Drive and Bosque Boulevard in Waco because of a gasoline spill at a Fina station.

The Valley Terrace apartment complex at Erath and Lake Air was evacuated, as well.

A daycare center on Lake Air was not evacuated, but parents were called to pick their children up.

The Lake Air entrance to H-E-B was closed because of the spill.

Part of Bosque is also closed to traffic.

Waco Fire Marshal Jerry Hawk said the operator of a tanker truck who was refilling the storage tanks at the Fina station was unable to shut off the flow.

As much as 100 gallons of gasoline spilled into the street and then into a drainage ditch before the flow could be shut off.

Crews were working early Wednesday afternoon to extract the gasoline, while keeping an eye on the sky because a rainstorm could complicate the effort.

A hazardous material team was using a substance similar to kitty litter to absorb the gasoline while state and local officials checked to make sure the spill has been isolated.