
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 10, 1994                   TAG: 9404100104
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D3   EDITION: METRO 
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1,000-GALLON FUEL SPILL AT LANDFILL CALLED VANDALISM

Vandals opened a tank truck valve at the new Roanoke regional landfill off Bradshaw Road on Saturday night, spilling about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel onto the ground, a county official said.

The fuel spread out in a long stream but was contained on the landfill property and did not pose a serious environmental hazard, said Larry Logan, deputy fire chief for Roanoke County.

Alleghany Construction Co., which is installing a liner at the landfill, owned the fuel truck, Logan said. The company had a crew of about 20 men cleaning up the spill when emergency crews arrived, he said.

The spill was on hard shale soil in the area where garbage will eventually be buried at the landfill, Logan said. If it had been near a creek, it could have been disastrous, he said.

by CNB