Aviation fuel tanker overturns at Grand Forks airport

Clean up of fuel spill underway in Baker Lake

Close to 100 litres of fuel spilled while truck was being filled on April 4, according to GN

Aviation fuel tanker overturns at Grand Forks airport

(GRAND FORKS, ND) – An overturned tanker at the Grand Forks International Airport caused a spill of aviation fuel over the weekend. Grand Forks firefighters were called to the airport on Saturday on a report of an aviation gas tanker accident involving a spill. When they arrived, they found a substantial leak near the rear of the tanker, with aviation fuel running out of the ventilation stack of the vehicle. Crews contained the fuel with the use…

Grand Forks aviation gas tanker crash causes fuel spill

GRAND FORKS — Between 200 and 500 gallons of Avgas were spilled Sunday afternoon in Grand Forks as a result of a crash involving an Aviation gas tanker. The Grand Forks Fire Department was dispatched at approximately 4:05 p.m. Sunday, April 13, to 2475 Airport Dr., according to a press release. Fire crews encountered a substantial leak near the rear of the tanker; though fuel was running out of the ventilation stack of the vehicle, the tank itse…