Fuel spill contained near Mount Penn Road, Reading PA
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Environmental HazardAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible diesel or fuel spill near Mount Penn Road, believed to have originated from leaking construction equipment affecting a nearby creek. Containment efforts involved placing booms, and environmental authorities were notified due to fuel entering the waterway.
Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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00:53
Transcript:
00:00
Works, Captain Forty Two.
00:01
Captain Forty Two, we do have a machine which smells like fuel oil or diesel.
00:07
Can you dispatch Spill Thirty Six? We're going to need some booms down here.
00:11
Copy the machine odor of fuel or diesel.
00:14
Dispatch Spill Thirty Six, Phone (number withheld).
00:16
And can we get an officer out? Okay, if you can use that one.
00:21
Spill Thirty Six will be responding momentarily.
00:24
Copy Spill Thirty Six, 1146.
00:26
It'll be the rear of near Mount Penn Road.
00:30
Requesting to assist with a possible fuel or diesel spill in a creek, specifically for booms.
00:35
We'll be on that one.
00:36
Berks Captain Forty Two.
00:38
Captain Forty Two.
00:40
We believe we narrowed it down to leaking equipment at a construction site.
00:44
If you could make notification of DEP, we do have diesel fuel in a waterway, and with the weather and the rain, it's moved a long distance already.
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Location mentioned:
Mt Penn Rd, Reading, PA 19607
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