Firefighters report Bloomington diesel spill contained

Posted on August 21, 2018
Bloomington firefighters and public works employees say they’ve contained the diesel spill that reached a creek near Arcadia Drive and Lincoln Street. (Facebook/Bloomington Fire Department)

By Greg Halbleib

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington firefighters and public works employees are busy cleaning a diesel fuel spill on the city’s south side.

The fire department reports a motorist struck a fuel pump near Oakland Avenue sometime during the night, and an unknown amount of diesel fuel spilled and made its way to a nearby creek. The department says the fuel is contained as they continue the clean-up at the creek near Arcadia Drive and Lincoln Street.

Emergency sewer work also closed southbound Four Seasons Road at the intersection with Oakland Avenue near the station.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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