Oil Spill in Lewis Run
Emergency crews are cleaning up another oil spill in McKean County.
At about 8:30 this morning an abandoned well in Lewis Run started spewing oil, according to Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kirk Zandy.
He said they don't know yet why the oil started coming out of the well, but it did flow into a feeeder stream, then down to a main creek and got as far as East Warren Road.
About 800 gallons is estimated to have come out of the well. Officials are still trying to figure out who owns the property.
The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with a crew from American Refining Group, set up booms near the Browntown Bridge and near East Warren Road.
Besides the fire departments and ARG the DEP, emergency management agency, fish commission, state forest service and several other oil companies were on the scene.
At about 8:30 this morning an abandoned well in Lewis Run started spewing oil, according to Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kirk Zandy.
He said they don't know yet why the oil started coming out of the well, but it did flow into a feeeder stream, then down to a main creek and got as far as East Warren Road.
About 800 gallons is estimated to have come out of the well. Officials are still trying to figure out who owns the property.
The Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department, along with a crew from American Refining Group, set up booms near the Browntown Bridge and near East Warren Road.
Besides the fire departments and ARG the DEP, emergency management agency, fish commission, state forest service and several other oil companies were on the scene.
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