ISLE OF PALMS — A 2,000-gallon fuel spill at a gas station early the morning of April 30 forced authorities to shut down the Isle of Palms Connector for hours as agencies converged to clean up the mess.
The spill happened at a BP gas station at Palm Boulevard and 13th Avenue, authorities said.
Police reopened the connector around 10:15 a.m. but asked drivers to avoid using it for outbound trips.
Officers shut down a section of Palm Boulevard for several hours as the cleanup effort progressed, Isle of Palms police said.
The street fully reopened by early that night, police said.
While Isle of Palms and Mount Pleasant police diverted traffic, U.S. Coast Guard and Charleston County staff worked to keep over 2,000 gallons of fuel out of nearby waterways. Charleston County Emergency Medical Services were also dispatched but no injuries have been reported by authorities.
Staff with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control traveled to the scene and a cleanup contractor was on site, said Derrek Asberry, an agency spokesman.
"In these types of incidents, DHEC's role is to provide support to the local responders/incident command upon request and to ensure that any discharge to the environment is properly remediated," Asberry said. "We do not conduct the actual cleanup activities."
Crews were working to determine what caused the spill, said Isle of Palms Police Chief Kevin Cornett.
The incident comes about seven months after a 3,100-gallon spill when a failed pump sent diesel fuel spewing from a generator at the Plum Island Wastewater Treatment Plant on James Island.
Some of that fuel seeped into the surrounding marsh and prompted an emergency cleanup of the area in August.
A Charleston Water System spokesman said at the time about 20 percent of the fuel trickled into the marsh.
Gregory Yee contributed to this report.
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