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By Tiffany Goodwein

Fire crews mop up diesel spill

Jun 28, 2019 | 5:49 PM

Vernon Fire and Rescue was on clean up duty Friday afternoon after a
large diesel spill on 43 Avenue.

The spill was reportedly caused after a diesel tank on semi truck carrying ATV’s punctured, spilling diesel all over the concrete.

(Tiffany Goodwein/Vernon Matters Staff)

The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Banner Recreation and Marine parking lot.

Crews applied absorbant sand onto the ground to mop up the diesel and pumped the remaining diesel out of the tank.

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The lumber on the top of the truck was removed while crews cleaned up the spill.

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