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Show Free weather caused spill at W. BtfL refinery - , ; WEST BOUNTTHJL-IIiillSs 66 Company is in the process of in suring that an incident like last week's spilrrjtfesh't reoccur. Ad- ministrative supervisor, Mark Kendall Ken-dall explained the spill came as a result of the sub-zero temperatures which froze an already weakened .valve. v. , VWork was in progress to repair the weak valve, and it appeared to be secure, but between ! a.m. and 8 a.ih; on Wednesday the valve broke,' ne said Kendall explained they immediately put crews to work cleaning up the estimated 300 to1 400 barrels of product that had escaped es-caped for the storm-water surge ' tank, , v . There was no danger to human life, but one family was evacuated J due to the disturbance of the clean up machinery and crews working around the clock. Crsws are now in the process of checking each valve for kulac tha rr.cy occur due to, the extreme terrcrcrares. 1 . - " - - LYY-id.: '' Y'Y-.iviYq.:::.::::: Y:; ;:Y-: YY:: Y: YY v-;'-'i.Y.- |