US military to close fuel storage facility in Hawaii where water was contaminated by leak
CNN
The Department of Defense will close the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii permanently, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday.
The facility was temporarily closed after water was contaminated by a petroleum leak from the facility that sickened military families and children in Hawaii in November and left people in the local community without safe drinking water.
The facility will be defueled and closed permanently, Kirby said. The fuel will be repositioned in "a few locations," Kirby said.
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