New Brunswick Irving station diesel spill leaked 100K litres, report says
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Documents indicate as much as 100,000 litres of diesel fuel leaked from a storage tank at an Irving truck stop in New Brunswick late last year.
More than two months after being detected, the environmental cleanup of a massive diesel spill at an Irving truck stop on Beardsley Road in Woodstock continues.
The full scope of the spill, initially detected on Dec. 12, 2024, only became evident in late February when CBC unveiled information garnered through a freedom of information request from the New Brunswick environment department.
Emails and reports from government officials and others gathered through the CBC’s fact-finding search indicate as much as 100,000 litres of diesel escaped from the storage tank into the surrounding environment.
The far-reaching impact of the cleanup and mitigation efforts continues to affect businesses and homeowners surrounding the truck stop and restaurant, including ongoing water testing of neighbouring properties.
Documentation gathered by CBC shows that the fuel leak issue arrived at the Department of Environment and Local Government following a report from the Tim Horton’s franchise, which sits in the parking lot of Murray’s Irving Restaurant and Truck Stop on Beardsley Road in Woodstock.
After customers and staff raised concerns about the petroleum odour in the restaurant’s bathroom water, Tim Hortons contracted Gemtech to test its treated and untreated water.
On Dec. 12, the company collected samples, confirming the testing results on Dec. 14.
“They have received the results today and confirmed the presence of gasoline in the untreated water,” the Department of Environment environmental inspector stated in a Dec. 14 memo.
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