PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Crews in Perry County worked to get a propane cylinder out of the Susquehanna River Monday.

The cylinder ended up in the river after a tractor-trailer crashed on Friday, causing the tank to crash through some trees and plunge into the water, according to the New Buffalo Fire Company. The driver lost control of the vehicle when taking a turn and tipped over in the area of Notch Road.

There was no threat to the public as nothing was inside of the 52-foot-long cylinder that holds approximately 18,000 gallon and weighs around 45,000 pounds.

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Even though the tank is empty, its still no easy task for crews.

“It’s about 52 foot long, 45,000 pounds and 18,000 gallons,” said New Buffalo Fire Company Chief Kevin Bissonnette. “So they’ve got quite a project ahead of them. It’s an empty tank. They did test this morning before we started cutting into it to make sure that it was in fact empty, didn’t have any explosive residual. Everything came back clean on that.”

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Crews drilled holes in the tank to help attach equipment to remove it, but also to drain any water that may be inside of it.

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