Suncor facility in Rimouski leaked thousands of litres of gasoline – Montreal – CBC News.
Thousands of litres of gasoline leaked from a Suncor facility in Rimouski, Que., on Thursday evening, said a spokesman with the company.
Residents living near the facility called police to complain about a strong gas smell.
Staff found a small crack in a valve near a reservoir that held two million litres of gasoline.
The workers have diverted the gas into another reservoir, containing 1.6 million litres of the gas.
Claude Schink, the facility’s supervisor, expects the cleanup will continue pumping fuel until 2 p.m. ET Friday.
Schink told a news conference the company does not have a number on how much fuel was spilled, but said the crack in the valve was small.
So far, 30,000 litres of foam, water and gasoline have been vacuumed from the site.
