WA-89310_95908_M_C_20200714

PITT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
INCIDENT REPORT

Occupant Name Community Store #2 Phone [phone]
Address 871 NC 102 East Ayden NC
Property Owner Buddy Huggins Phone [phone]
Address 5249 Bill Jones Rd. Ayden
Location of Incident 871 NC 102 East Ayden NC
Time of Incident 1305 Date of Incident 7/14/2020
Reporting Incident E911

Occupant Name Michelle Manning- Leases Store Phone [phone]
Address
Property Owner Phone
Address

TYPE OF INCIDENT

Missing Person Unlawful Burning Arson Drowning Fire
Wreck Tornado Wind Shear Snow/Ice Hurricane
Flood Other X- 150 gallon gasoline spill

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Flammable Liquid x Flammable Gas Flammable Solid Combustible Liquid
Radioactive Material Oxidizer Corrosive Poisonous Other
Hazardous Material Name Gasoline Amount Released 150 gallons
Type of Vehicle Involved Number of Vehicles Involved
Nearest Occupied Structure 100 Feet Nearest Drainage 1000 Feet

ILLEGAL BURNING

Rubber Shingles Structural (Bldg) Plastic Wood Fire
Process Lumber Other

INVOLVED AGENCY

Fire Dept. x EMS Unit RED CROSS LAW DOT
Health Dept. News Media State EM Local EM x DSS EPA x
Clean Up Company To be determined by occupant
Area Involved Store tank site

WEATHER CONDITIONS

Fair x Cloudy Raining Snowing Ice Storm Winds
Temp. 100+ 95+ x 85+ 75+ 65+ 55+ 45+
35+ 25+ 5+ 0-

Number Injured 0 Number fatalities 0 Number Evacuated 0

Citation Issued Y N x Day of the Week Tuesday Time of scene 1320

REMARKS

Ayden FD responded to a gasoline spill at local gas station. Driver for Atlantic Oil, Nathan
Tetterton, was filling gasoline storage tank which was overfilled spilling approximately 150
gallons of gasoline onto the ground. The tank was unpermitted and did not have a spill
containment dike around it. The tank was single walled. The area around the cement pad had
recently had old underground tanks removed and appeared to be very sandy in composition. Mr.
Tetterton stated he noticed the spill and stopped pumping within approximately 15 seconds. Fire
Department foamed the area twice with minimal run off. Gasoline quickly dissipated and
deemed not a fire hazard.

EM arrived on scene and interviewed all parties.

Community Store #2 is leased to:
Michelle Manning
Cell 252-717-0046
Store 252-304-2508

Property Owner
Buddy Huggins
5249 Bill Jones Rd. Ayden
252-814-8094

Tank Installer certified by Dept of Agriculture
Roscoe Whitley Jr.
1346 Chapman Rd. Robersonville
252-217-4649

Mr. Buddy had previously removed 5 permitted unground storage tanks. The site was inspected
by local fire marshal’s office and representative from EPA.

Mr. Roscoe Whitley, Jr. was installing reconditioned 10,000 gallon vertical fuel tanks which
have not been permitted. All three tanks have been filled with gasoline or diesel. The western
tank overfilled, although their calculations showed there should have only been 7500 gallons
when it overflowed. The middle tank had 2400 gallons of non-ethanol gasoline, and the eastern
tank had 2000 gallons of non-highway diesel.

Our office has informed all parties that all fuel will be removed and the tanks placed out of
service until the proper permits and inspections have been obtained. No fuel can be placed in
tanks or fuel sold. Atlantic Oil is recovering the fuel which may take up to three days before the
tanks are empty.

*One existing above ground tank is in place and will still be in use which contains highway rated
diesel

Mr. Jeff Welti with NCDEMR was contacted with preliminary report and contact information
included. Pitt County Fire Marshal’s Office with closely monitor cleanup and remediation.
.

Report By Jay Morris Date 7/14/2020