BALTIMORE, Md. — About 5,000 gallons of molasses spilled into the Baltimore Harbor from an overflowing tank over the weekend, state inspectors reported.
The molasses spilled on Saturday after a tank at the Westway Feed Products facility in South Baltimore began overflowing, according to a Maryland Department of the Environment inspection report.
An estimated 5,000 gallons of molasses entered the harbor. The overflow was caused by a Maillard reaction, inspectors wrote.
Sand berms were installed near the harbor to stop the flow of molasses, a boom was launched in the harbor to prevent any molasses from traveling further, vacuum trucks were observed on site siphoning up molasses to be hauled away, and a boat was observed entering the water to assess the molasses in the water…