Gas Spilled In Delaware County Last Week: Police

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA — A gas station in Delaware County spilled gas last week, according to Haverford Township Police.

Police said the Phillips 66 gas station at 700 W. Haverford Road spilled gasoline, in violation of Section 1310 of the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, on Thursday last week.

Police were called to West Avenue in the Bryn Mawr section of the township Thursday after getting an anonymous report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection of heavy gasoline smells from the storm sewer inlet near the Buck Lane overpass.

Authorities quickly learned the substance was coming from the area of the gas station.

The Delaware County Hazmat Team and Oakmont and Brookline fire companies responded, deploying booms to prevent the substance from spreading to Cobbs Creek.

Crews from Lewis Environmental were also called to the scene helped remove all the gas from the area.

Police said the scene was cleared by Thursday night, with none of the substance still posing a threat to the community.

However, more of the substance was found Friday, prompting Lewis Environmental to be called again.

The product has been found in observation wells on the property, in storm drains, and in a basement sump in a house behind the gas station, police said.

That home was evacuated, police said.

No other homes have been affected, police said.

By Friday night, all material had been removed from the tanks at the gas station.

According to emergency management personnel, there is no evidence that any product entered Cobbs Creek and there is no immediate threat to life or property.

Township, county, and state officials are monitoring the situation, still, police said.

News of this spill came a day after Philadelphia officials notified residents of a latex spill in a Delaware River tributary.

To report an environmental emergency to the Department of Environmental Protection, call 1-800-541-2050.