GAS SPILL BLAMED ON VANDALS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, April 11, 1993                   TAG: 9304110039
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LEXINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
GAS SPILL BLAMED ON VANDALS
Virginia Department of Transportation officials said Saturday they believe vandals are responsible for a gasoline spill of more than 3,600 gallons at a regional headquarters.
About 46 gallons of diesel fuel also were involved in the spill, said Mike Henry, maintenance operations manager at the Fancy Hill-area headquarters, which is just outside Lexington near Interstate 81.
Henry said a nearby resident smelled fumes Saturday morning and called Virginia State Police, who found nozzles for gasoline and diesel fuel pumps lying on the ground.
The spill had been mostly contained by the afternoon, and crews were finishing up the cleanup, he said.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB