BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A state inspection has found that thousands of gallons of molasses spilled into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor after a tank at Westway Feed Products began overflowing.
On Oct. 17, inspectors from the Maryland Department of the Environment visited Westway Feed Products at 1075 Hull St. following two complaints involving the release of molasses near the Patapsco River.
The first complaint came from site manager Matt Belstra, who reported that a tank underwent a chemical reaction after midnight and started to overflow by about 2 a.m…