Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department trucks respond to the area of New Braddock Road and Route 28 for a petroleum product leak. Photo by Northern Virginia Fire Buffs/Derrick Welsh
More than a week after a gasoline leak was reported in Centreville, a multi-agency response continues in the area of New Braddock Road and Route 28. Colonial Pipeline is working with local, state and federal agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fairfax County Emergency Management, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Fairfax Water and Virginia Department of Transportation.
According to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the aftermath of the incident includes:
A portion of a shared-use path on the south side of New Braddock and east side of Highway 28 were closed indefinitely due to excavation activity.
Cleaning of storm drains has been completed.
Bonefish Grill and Chipotle, two restaurants affected by the incident in the Centre Ridge Marketplace, were expected to re-open this week.
Air quality monitoring continues to read at safe levels in the communities surrounding the excavation site and recovery sites.
Contaminated soil from the pipeline excavation site continues to be removed and transported via truck to a facility in Richmond.
Seven dead fish and one mouse were discovered in the retention pond.
More than 300 people have responded to this incident, including federal, state, county and Colonial Pipeline personnel.
Air quality monitoring continues to read at safe levels in the communities surrounding the excavation site and recovery sites.
Fairfax Water is monitoring the situation. There continues to be no threat to the quality of drinking water.
There have been no injuries or known illnesses due to the incident.
Monitoring and recovery activities will proceed on a continuous basis regardless of weather conditions.
For more information, call the Community Assistance Hotline at 1-866-601-5880 or visit www.colpipe.com and click to be redirected to the Centreville Incident Site on the right column or click https://colonialresponse.jettyapp.com for direct link.