Preparing to evacuate your home when flooding is imminent: Fuel oil tanks
Channel: NDSUExtension
Date: 26/01/2015

Fuel oil will be absorbed by the structural materials of a home and it is virtually impossible to adequately remove the fuel oil to eliminate all the fuel oil smell. Fuel oil odors are hazardous to your health, so a large fuel oil spill absorbed into porous lumber or other building materials may make a home uninhabitable. The video describes procedures to prepare an indoor fuel tank when flooding is imminent.