Selkirk, Man. residents raise concerns after large fuel leak at nearby gas station

Although the environmental impact of the incident is unclear, PDC said the clean-up is almost finished. It said the newly built gas station appears to have had deficiencies.

People in Selkirk, Man., are raising concerns after a large fuel leak happened in their neighbourhood.

A Manitoba Avenue gas station Selkirk One Stop is actively cleaning up an estimated 50,000 litres that spilled last week, Peguis Development Corporation project manager Toby Laviolette told Global News on Thursday.

Nearby residents like Linda Paluck say nobody alerted them of the incident.

“I would just like to have been told what’s happening over there, whether I needed to be worried about it or not,” she said.

Paluck, who’s been living in the neighbourhood for more than 50 years, said she’s never heard of anything like this happening in the area.

“There’s been trucks over there for two weeks now I think, and they’re pumping something, but I have no idea what they’re doing,” Paluck said. “It would have been nice to have a heads up.”

This was echoed by Amanda France, another resident living down the street.

“We have kids here, and I wouldn’t want to see anyone hurt.”