Fuel tank rupture spills approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel at Pensacola railyard

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A fuel tank rupture released up to 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel at a Brent area railyard, according to a public notice of pollution from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

A fuel tank rupture released up to 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel at the CSX Goulding Yard at 4700 Sycamore Drive on Jan. 3, 2022.
A fuel tank rupture released up to 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel at the CSX Goulding Yard at 4700 Sycamore Drive on Jan. 3, 2022.

At approximately 8 p.m. Monday, the fuel tank of a locomotive was punctured at the CSX Goulding Yard at 4700 Sycamore Drive. Fuel leaked onto a soil/ballast surface area, creating a surface stain area approximately 60 feet long and 52 feet wide, according to the DEP notice.

Some of the diesel fuel entered an adjacent storm drain, but no groundwater or surface water was affected, the notice said.

The fuel was removed from the storm drain using a vacuum truck and impacted soil/ballast will be removed using hand tools, a vacuum truck and/or excavator. Following completion, a Source Removal Report will be submitted to DEP.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: CSX Goulding Yard in Pensacola being cleaned after diesel fuel spill