Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving
Fire & HazMat Crews Work to Contain Diesel Fuel Spill in Ridgewood
Boyd A. Loving
July 17,2012
2:30 PM
Ridgewood NJ , Personnel from the Ridgewood Fire Department and Bergen County Health and Human Services Department’s Hazardous Materials Response Team worked jointly on Tuesday afternoon to contain a diesel fuel spill from contaminating the Diamond Brook. The spilled fuel was caused by a dump truck crash at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and North Monroe Street Ridgewood earlier in the day.
Ridgewood Fire Department Lieutenant John Albano estimated that less than 20 gallons of fuel had seeped into a storm drain at the intersection. Fire & HazMat crews placed containment booms in the Diamond Brook at two (2) locations to prevent the spill from making its way further downstream.
Responding to the spill also were officers of the Ridgewood Police Department.
Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving
