COLDSTREAM, B.C. — Crews are still on site at a gasoline spill in Coldstream, but the district’s CAO says the majority of the fuel has been cleaned-up.
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The spill happened shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning at the Centex gas station on Kalamalka Lake Road.
Rick Wagner, an Emergency Response Officer with the Ministry of Envrionment, reiterates the driver of a tanker truck says an above-ground tank at the gas station overflowed while he was filling it.
The spill caused the closure of a nearby elementary school and a Montesari school as well as the District of Coldstream Municiple Hall and a community hall.
The road was closed to all but local traffic while contractors mopped up the gas.
All of the buildings and the road were re-opened Thursday morning, but drivers can expect intermitted delays as work continues.
“Clean up crews will remain on site doing remediation work until an acceptable standard is met, which is established by the Ministry of Environment,” says Trevor Seibel, CAO of the District of Coldstream. “A couple more trucks are enroute to speed up the process.”
Wagner says most of the spill was contained to the gas station parking lot, thanks to perimiter catchment basins, and ice and snow on the lot which absorbed the fuel. He says water ways were not threatened.
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