Good weather has helped in the cleanup of more than half the 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled this week from a ruptured pipeline. Good weather has helped in the cleanup of more than half the 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled this week from a ruptured pipeline.
Good weather helps out a lot.
Hamera predicted most of the cleanup would be completed by late next week. Okla. The company's cross-country pipeline ruptured about five miles north of Atchison on Monday, sending the fuel into Independence Creek and into the Missouri River. The federal Office of Pipeline Safety is conducting an investigation into the cause of the rupture. Eight customers served by the Atchison water plant complained Thursday that their tap water smelled of fuel. Tests for fumes, color and quality indicated the tap water wasn't contaminated, said Dennis Burrel, who runs the plant.