HONOLULU (KHON2) — Another tens of thousands of gallons of fuel was drained from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
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The military’s Joint Task Force-Red Hill announced that as of Wednesday, March 6, they’ve completed another step in their defueling process by removing all accessible residual fuel. This is in part of the more than 104 million gallons of fuel that has been drained in total.
A member in support of Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) guides a drainage line into a fuel drum to remove residual fuel from the Underground Pump House located on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii, March 4, 2024, where personnel are preparing to disconnect the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) from the Underground Pump House. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. ZaBarr Jones)