AURORA, Colo. — Gas stations around Colorado are starting to get back up and running after hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel were mistakenly mixed into unleaded gasoline and distributed around the state. But hundreds of drivers are still without a car and facing repair bills in the thousands.
The Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety said the contamination originated at an HF Sinclair terminal, where fuel trucks were loaded with diesel beginning Wednesday afternoon and continuing into early Thursday morning. That fuel was then delivered to multiple retail chains, including King Soopers, Costco and Murphy Express, according to state officials.
On Thursday morning, Lauren Zweitzig got gas at the King Soopers location off of Smoky Hill Rd in Aurora, and the impact was immediate…