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Thermo Fluids

 
Site Contact:
Marc Callaghan, Dan Heister & Michael Szerlog
On-Scene Coordinator

(heister.dan@epa.gov)

Site Location:
6400 SE 101st Street
Portland, OR
response.epa.gov/Thermofluids

The Thermo Fluids facility (formerly Spencer Environmental) at 6400 SE 101st Ave, Portland, Oregon, was the location of a four alarm fire the morning of March 15, 2004. Firefighters from several jurisdictions responded to a fire which was fueled by the oil recycling activities of the business. The fire quickly engulfed the building and spread ash and soot into the air and downwind. Oil wastes from the facility flowed into a nearby drainage ditch which flows into Johnson Creek.


Coffer Dam and Sorbent boom utilized to collect floating oil Oily Sheen Below the Coffer Dam Oily Sheen Below the Coffer Dam near outfall to Johnson Creek Emulsion of Oily liquid downstream of confluence of Drainage Ditch with Johnson Creek Oil Collecting at Sorbent Boom in Drainage Ditch
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.