A potential environmental accident was avoided Tuesday morning thanks to the efforts of Delta firefighters.
Just after 11 a.m. firefighters responded to a call of a Hazmat incident near the Audley Boulevard Canal on Annacis Island.
Deputy fire Chief Brad Wilson said four trucks were initially called out, but one truck was stood down half way from arriving on scene.
Wilson said the call came in as a Hazmat two call.
According to the incident report, a semi-truck with a trailer was attempting to dock at a nearby business when it hit the saddle tank passenger-side of a parked semi-truck and trailer.
"When the operator realized what had happened he shut off the fuel transfer between the two saddle tanks, which is a good save," said Wilson, adding that the truck operator estimated a little over 400 litres of diesel fuel had been spilled. "When the fire crews arrived, the truck operator had already deployed their spill kit and was attempting to clean-up the fuel spill, but unfortunately most of the spill had entered the storm drain system."
Wilson said the first engine crew used some absorb-all that they had and then Hazmat truck No. 7 arrived and they tracked it down with the help of the Corporation of Delta's engineering department and located the remainder of the spill in the Audley Boulevard Canal.
"It was a great environmental save for sure," added Wilson.
He said almost 100 per cent of the spill was recovered.
