HazMat Called to Ridgewood Fuel Spills

Ridgewood , and the county HazMat unit converged onto Walnut and Dayton streets Tuesday morning to contain what appear to be two separate fuel spills.

According to police, a vehicle was found to have discharged a significant amount of oil on Union St. as it passed through Walnut and Dayton streets toward the church on Hope Street. A ruptured fuel pump is believed to be the cause of that spill.

Separately, according to police, there was a discharge of what appeared to be hydraulic fluid from a vehicle. Speedy Dry contained the spills before it reached the storm drains, police said.

The intersection has since been reopened for traffic. Police first noticed the spill as they were on shift for a traffic detail.