GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - An oil spill halted traffic on State Highway 42 North near the Interstate 20 westbound off-ramp north of Kilgore Friday.

According to a release from the Kilgore Police Department, its officers, along with the Kilgore Fire Department and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), responded to a "significant" oil spill that forced the partial closure of State Highway 42 until 2:35 p.m. Friday.

The release said it took 15 bags of absorbent material to clean up the spill.