Crime & Safety
HazMat Called to Ridgewood Fuel Spills
Police found a large swath of oil and hydraulic fluid in Ridgewood Tuesday morning, prompting the response of the county HazMat unit.
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.
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The intersection has since been reopened for traffic. Police first noticed the spill as they were on shift for a traffic detail.
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