Fuel Spill at Local Exxon Station

The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control had to flush out a storm water drain after diesel fuel spilled at a Exxon Mobile station in Myrtle Beach on George Bishop Parkway, just off Highway 501.

Horry County Fire Rescue arrived on the scene a little after 5:30 that morning after the tanker's driver said the gas tank caught the curb as he tried to exit the gas station. The truck then began spilling fuel.

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Adam Myrick, spokesman for DHEC, believes the truck lost between 60-80 gallons of diesel from its saddle tank. Myrick said the saddle tank is the fuel tank that helps to power the cab of the truck.

The Exxon station was temporarily closed. It did re-open a few hours after DHEC cleaned-up the spill.

Here's WMBF News' webstory.

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