Diesel spill detected in Va., W.Va. waters
BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Crews are cleaning up diesel fuel that spilled from a Virginia convenience store into a tributary that flows into West Virginia.
Princeton (W.Va.) Fire Lt. Sean Wyatt estimates a few hundred gallons leaked from a 4,000-gallon tank Sunday at Ammar's Inc. in Bluefield, Va. The spill originated from a connector hose, got into a nearby creek and eventually into the Bluestone River.
Wyatt said Tuesday containment booms have been set up to collect the fuel. He says no fish kills were immediately reported in either state.
Bluefield (Va.) Fire Chief Jim Hardy says the spill was discovered Sunday when children smelled of fuel after they went into a creek to retrieve a ball.
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise says the company reported the leak Monday.
BLUEFIELD, Va. -- Crews are cleaning up diesel fuel that spilled from a Virginia convenience store into a tributary that flows into West Virginia.
Princeton (W.Va.) Fire Lt. Sean Wyatt estimates a few hundred gallons leaked from a 4,000-gallon tank Sunday at Ammar's Inc. in Bluefield, Va. The spill originated from a connector hose, got into a nearby creek and eventually into the Bluestone River.
Wyatt said Tuesday containment booms have been set up to collect the fuel. He says no fish kills were immediately reported in either state.
Bluefield (Va.) Fire Chief Jim Hardy says the spill was discovered Sunday when children smelled of fuel after they went into a creek to retrieve a ball.
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise says the company reported the leak Monday.
