A portion of a northwest Missouri highway has reopened after being closed several hours because of a fertilizer spill.
Interstate 35 was shut down near Cameron on Friday after about 20,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate spilled from a tanker truck in a parking lot just off the interstate. The area is at the intersection of I-35 and U.S. 36.
Cameron Police Sgt. Marty Gray says the highway was reopened around 5:30 p.m.
Police were concerned the volatile fertilizer might ignite, so they cleared out the area, including businesses, within half a mile of the spill.
The highway closure forced traffic to wind through the small northwest Missouri community of Cameron, about an hour north of Kansas City. Some minor accidents were reported.