Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel that were spilled on frozen tundra near a Southwest Alaska town has been blamed on human error during a transfer operation between storage tanks belonging to a general store.
Diesel fuel spilled from general store storage tanks in Southwest Alaska villageANCHORAGE, Alaska -
The DEC explained that about 6,467 gallons of diesel spilled as the fuel was being moved from one storage tank to a smaller tank, both owned by Kwik Inc., a general store in the area. The department further stated that the transfer from the 10,000-gallon tank to the small tank was only stopped once it was discovered what had happened, saying a transfer pump was immediately turned off. The department said the pump moves 20 gallons of fuel per minute.
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