GORHAM, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top fire official is issuing a warning that kerosene sold at a Gorham convenience store was mistakenly mixed with gasoline — a mixture that could cause an explosion.
Fire Marshal John Dean said a delivery of gasoline was mistakenly pumped into a kerosene tank Tuesday at the Little Mart store on Route 202. About 400 gallons of the kerosene-gasoline mixture were sold between Tuesday and when the mistake was discovered Thursday afternoon.
Dean said anyone who bought kerosene from the store in the past two days should stop using it, and that any heating devices fueled by the mixture should be immediately removed from any enclosed living area.
He said people who bought the contaminated mixture can return it to the store for a full refund.
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