UPDATE: The County of Grande Prairie has confirmed clean-up operations have been successfully completed.
Clairmont residents are being asked to avoid part of 113th Avenue as crews work clean up a fuel spill.
According to Regional Fire Service Deputy Chief Jason Nesbitt, the spill is between 95th and 96th Street and estimated to cover approximately three-quarters of a municipal block. Investigators have traced the spill back to a residential diesel container in a driveway.
“Our crews have stopped the spill from spreading any further and cleaned up what we can and we turned it over to our transportation department who’s working on bringing out the hydro-vac truck to clean up the remaining fuel.”
Nesbitt says the liquid diesel has been cleaned up by crews; however, a hydro-vac is required to properly clean up fuel absorbed into the ground and snow to avoid any runoff when the weather warms up.
“Now it’s just a matter of getting the hydro-vac in there to spray down the road with hot water and then suction up the remnants of it.”
Additionally, Nesbitt says there is no environmental impact as the fuel has not been identified in any catch basins or other reservoirs, and there is no immediate danger to the public.
