Crude oil leak at Burnaby Mountain tank contained: Kinder Morgan

Some Burnaby residents awoketothe strongsmell of oil fumes after about 200,000 litres of crude oil spilled from a storage tank on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday night.

The leak at theKinder Morgan tank farm just east of Vancouver was spotted at about 10 p.m. by a contractor, the company said.The oil was captured ina lined containment bay surrounding the tank, and there were no leaks into the surrounding environment, the company said.

Hazardous-materials crews and firefighters sprayed the leaked oil with foam to keep down the smell on Thursday morning, while the company determined what to do with the leaked oil. The company was also monitoring the air quality at the site, but said theodorous fumes were not a safety issue.

Kinder Morgan also involved inspill in 2007

Thereare13 tanks at the storage facility located near the intersection of Gaglardi Way and Burnaby Mountain Parkway, and this is not the first time that Kinder Morgan has had to deal with leaking oil linked to the Burnaby facility.

In July 2007, a construction crew digging with an excavator on Inlet Drive near the intersection of Barnet Highway and Hastings Street ruptureda Kinder Morgan pipeline carrying crudefrom the tank farm to a tankerfacility on Burrard Inlet on the north side of Burnaby Mountain.

About234,000 litres of oil shot30 metres into the air for about 25 minutes, covering some nearby homes, and oozing into Burrard Inlet. The Transportation Safety Board eventually concluded the line was improperly marked on outdated drawings used by the contractor and blamed the spill on inadequate communication between Kinder Morgan and the contractor.