PHILLIPS — Firefighters were called to a Pleasant Street home Monday afternoon after someone driving by noticed an area in the driveway covered with a mixture of oil and water.
New homeowners were unaware of an underground oil tank and while plowing this winter, the cap to the tank was sheared off, Fire Chief James Gould said. Melting snow seeped into the tank and during Monday’s warmer temperatures there was enough water so that oil in the tank came to the top and a mixture of oil and water overflowed into the driveway, covering an area about 8-feet by 20-to-25 feet, he said.
Representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection were called and will be there Tuesday to investigate. Franklin County Emergency Management Director Tim Hardy went to the scene Monday afternoon.
About a dozen firefighters went to the home at about 2:30 p.m. to put down boons and pads. A Phillips road crew brought sand to the home to help surround the area, Gould said. Gould would not name the homeowners.
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