On January 13, 2012, an estimated 125,000 gallons of gasoline was reportedly released from an 8-inch Sunoco pipeline in Wellington, Ohio. Preliminary information suggests approximately half of the product was captured in a containment pond constructed by the local fire department near the release, and the other half migrated into White Ditch, a tributary of the Black River. The local fire department installed one clay dam and two siphon dams in White Ditch approximately 0.5 mile downstream of the spill site to contain the product in White Ditch.
The local fire department incident commander initiated evacuation orders to residents in a nearby trailer park and a few other homes downstream along White Ditch. START contractor personnel were mobilized to the site and began collecting air monitoring readings in the areas surrounding the release site and White Ditch.
