By Corey Jones
Topeka Capital Journal – January 6, 2014
A hazardous material spill in the Shunga Creek near S.E. 15th and Adams that was discovered Saturday was contained and posed no threat, authorities said.
Topeka fire shift commander Cindy Holt said the department’s hazardous materials team responded to the scene around 3:30 p.m. Holt said crews were able to contain the spill with booms between Interstate 70 and S.E. 15th.
“It was good that it was cold,” she said. “It was icy and that kind of helped dam it up.”
Holt said the city’s water pollution division and the state’s fire marshal investigated the spill, determining it to probably be a hydrocarbon — some sort of gasoline, likely diesel fuel.
“They did a good job today in the cold,” Holt said of the containment crews who were out there for about four hours. “They took care of everything.”
Holt said she wasn’t sure when the substance would be cleaned up, but that officials would be back out to continue the investigation and attempt to pinpoint what caused the spill and its source.
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