Minor oil spill slows commuters
Edgecomb Fire Capt. James Fisk puts away reflective gear back at the town's new fire station, after helping clean up a small oil spill August 17. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Edgecomb Fire Capt. James Fisk puts away reflective gear back at the town's new fire station, after helping clean up a small oil spill August 17. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
A state environmental worker helped Edgecomb firefighters clean up an oil spill on Route 27 the morning of August 17. Traffic was slowed but not stopped in both directions during the cleanup of about a gallon of engine oil from an M.W. Sewall fuel truck, Edgecomb fire officials said.
Three Edgecomb firefighters, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, and the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency responded to the scene.
A pinhole in a high-pressure line of the southbound truck's engine apparently led to the spill, Fire Capt. James Fisk said. The driver quickly realized there was a problem and pulled over about 200 yards north of the Cook's Landing store. The truck had been headed for Boothbay on deliveries, fire officials said.
Although the spill was small, Fire Chief Roy Potter decided to contact the Maine Department of Environmental Protection mainly because a well to a nearby home is about 20 feet from the road. With absorbent pads and other drying materials, firefighters kept the fuel from spreading beyond the roadway, Potter said. A DEP worker finished cleaning up the spill.
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