Tuesday, March 17, 2015

100-GALLON JET FUEL SPILL FROM A TANKER TRUCK DURING TRANSFER AT LUBBOCK AIRPORT






MARCH 17, 2015

LUBBOCK, TEXAS

Fire crews are cleaning near North Cedar Avenue, and portions of the road are still blocked up from a Jet-A fuel spill this morning.

Lubbock Fire Rescue (LFR) responded to a spill from a tanker truck at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport early Tuesday morning, Robert Loveless, a Lubbock Fire Rescue fire marshal, said.

Shortly after midnight, the LFR Hazmat Team went to the scene where 100 gallons of Jet-A fuel were spilled from a holding truck that was transferring to a fuel truck, Capt. Nick Wilson of Lubbock Fire Rescue said.

The fuel flowed out of the containment area to the airport perimeter, onto North Cedar Avenue, where LFR crews contained the spill before it reached a lake, a statement from the department said.

Notifications were made to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency due to the volume of fuel spilled, the statement from LFR said.

A perimeter of about 40 yards near the fueling station on North Cedar was blocked off around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, and could be seen soaking up the jet fuel, the fumes of which could be smelled in the nearby area.

Texas Commission of Environmental Quality had a couple of people on site to investigate the incident.
Source:lubbockonline.com