EPA still cleaning up gas spill in El Cajon 2 months after crash
There appears to be no end in sight for a cleanup effort in El Cajon almost two months after a fuel truck spilled about 8,600 gallons of gasoline at a busy intersection. “We’re still removing contaminated soil,” said Robert Wise, on-scene coordinator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Wise said crews are hoping to be finished by the end of the week, but they have had their expectations dashed before. “I can’t give you an end date because every time we put a shovel in the ground, we find more contaminated soil,” he said. “To be honest with you, I was hoping it would be done three weeks ago, but we found a lot more contaminated soil than we were expecting.” The accident occurred around 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at Fletcher Parkway and Navajo Road. The truck was carrying 8,800 gallons of gasoline when it tipped over, spilling most of its fuel into nearby storm drains, onto the road and elsewhere. “When the truck flipped over, gasoline got underneath the street, it got underneath the sidewalk, it got in the soil under Fletcher Parkway, and
