30,000-Gallon Tank Bursts In Vallejo, Spilling Liquid Asphalt
VALLEJO (CBS SF) -- Crews quickly controlled a small fire that broke out at an industrial plant in Vallejo Monday afternoon after a 30,000-gallon tank containing liquid asphalt burst, a fire captain said.
The tank at the Syar Industries plant at 885 Lake Herman Road ruptured around 2 p.m., leaking asphalt oil, Vallejo fire Capt. Art Gonzalez said.
The contents of the first tank seeped into a second large tank holding flammable oils, Gonzalez said.
The ruptured tank caused a small insulation fire but the asphalt oil did not ignite and the spill was quickly contained, according to Gonzalez.
No injuries were reported and there is no threat to the public.
In addition to Vallejo firefighters, crews from Benicia, the
nearby Valero oil refinery and Solano County Environmental Health were also called to the scene.
The cause of the rupture remains under investigation. Officials at Syar Industries were not immediately available to comment on the incident.
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