A small amount of gasoline was found leaking from a gasoline supply hose at the Seabeck Marina last week. - Photo by Kassie Korich
Photo by Kassie Korich
A small amount of gasoline was found leaking from a gasoline supply hose at the Seabeck Marina last week.

Fuel tank at Seabeck Marina leaks into Hood Canal


June 11, 2008 · Updated 1:33 PM 

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The patch job that was done to a gasoline supply hose of a fuel tank at Seabeck Marina didn’t work too well.

Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue (CKFR) crews responded last Monday morning to a minor gasoline leak at Seabeck Marina that was coming from a 1-1/2-inch fuel tank supply line once used for fueling boats. The above ground gas tank had been drained sometime ago and whatever was dripping out was what was left in the line, according to Paul O’Brien, regional supervisor of the Department of Ecology spill response team.

“It appears that someone had put a patch on the existing hole, but the patch deteriorated,” said CKFR Battalion Chief Joe Repar. “A small quantity of gasoline dripped into the water, a minimum risk to marine life.”

CKFR responded to the marina after a

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