Update 2:03 p.m.
Officials say the gasoline leak has been stopped. Still no word on how much fuel leaked from the storage tank.
From the Associated Press:
Officials say they've stopped a gasoline leak in Michigan and confirmed the source as a storage tank in the area. Ingham County emergency officials said in a statement Monday that the tank and a related filling system in White Oak Township, about 55 miles west of Detroit, are owned by Marathon Pipe Line LLC. A message seeking comment was left Monday by The Associated Press at Marathon's offices. Wolverine Pipe Line Co., which also owns some tanks at the same storage site, has been working with the county on response to the leak since it was reported Wednesday. The county says Marathon will take over work dealing with the leak from Wolverine. The amount of the spill remains unknown. There's no evidence of health hazards in the area.
9:07 a.m.
Authorities say they've found the source of the gasoline leak in Ingham County.
From the Associated Press:
Michigan authorities say they've traced a gasoline leak to the area of a storage tank holding 14,700 barrels of fuel. Ingham County Emergency officials said in a statement Sunday that they've found higher levels of spilled gasoline as their monitoring equipment approaches the Wolverine Pipeline Co. facility. The large gasoline storage tank site is in White Oak Township, about 55 miles west of Detroit. Some of the gas flowed about a mile down an open drain by the time a farmer reported the leak Wednesday. The county says the suspected source of the leak is a tank that can hold up to 180,000 barrels of fuel. It says that while the amount of the spill remains unknown, it's nowhere near the capacity of the tank, which was mostly empty when the leak started.
Michigan Radio's Kyle Norris reported yesterday that officials from the Wolverine Pipeline Company were searching for the gasoline leak.
