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Diesel spill at Point Higgins Elementary prompts extended cleanup; students’ return awaits health sign-offs
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A diesel fuel leak at Point Higgins Elementary School triggered a multiagency containment and cleanup that has removed contaminated soil and installed booms and absorbent materials, borough and school officials told the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Sept. 2.
A diesel fuel leak at Point Higgins Elementary School triggered a multiagency containment and cleanup that has removed contaminated soil and installed booms and absorbent materials, borough and school officials told the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Sept. 2.
Superintendent PJ Ford Slack said district staff and borough responders have worked together to protect staff and students while environmental testing proceeds and cautioned that the district must follow Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health procedures before reopening. "We do not have a start date yet. I am hopeful it's next week, but we need to check off the … boxes for the Department of Health," Ford Slack said.
The borough's emergency manager and South Tongass fire chief, Steve Radeen, briefed the assembly on containment and recovery operations. He described a staged…
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