MAY 19, 2015
ALBANY, NEW YORK
Two people were taken to the hospital as a precaution after
Tuesday morning fuel spill at the Port of Albany, officials said.
City firefighters went to crude-oil spill that appears to
have happened as a crew affiliated with Global Partners was cleaning out a
large storage tank.
The size of the spill is estimated to be about
400 gallons.
The Department of Environmental Conservation told Albany
County emergency management officials that 400 gallons of crude oil from a
portable tank being used as a crew cleaned out one of the port's large
storage tanks.
Two workers were sprayed during the spill. They were taken
to the hospital but were not believed to have been badly injured,
officials said.
The spill appears to have happened when a valve
malfunctioned in the tank, officials said.
Five people in hazmat suits from a private company are
onsite for the cleanup.