DENVER (KDVR) — Contaminated fuel sold around the Denver metro area in January was the result of “human error,” the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Division of Oil and Public Safety said Friday.
The agency said its completed investigation found a manually operated valve on a manifold line to a tank was improperly left open while Sinclair was receiving a pipeline shipment of diesel at its Denver Product Terminal in Henderson on Jan. 7.
As a result, the agency said diesel fuel contaminated approximately 365,694 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline that was then sold and distributed to 49 gas stations across the Front Range, leading to approximately 1,090 customer complaints…