More than 2000 gallons of fuel spilled in Elizabeth River

An estimated 2100 gallons of #6 fuel was spilled into the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake on Friday morning, according to a city fire official.

The spill was reported at International-Matex Tank (IMTT), at 2801 S. Military Highway, during a routine safety check around 7 a.m.

Both ChesapEake Fire and Coast Guard teams were deployed to assess the incident and determined it was isolated to an uninhabited industrial shoreline on IMTT’s property…

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