Aerial view of Imperial Sarnia's former lubricants, manufacturing, blending and packaging operation. (Photo courtesy of Imperial Sarnia.)Aerial view of Imperial Sarnia's former lubricants, manufacturing, blending and packaging operation. (Photo courtesy of Imperial Sarnia.)
Sarnia

UPDATE: Imperial Investigating Two Hydrocarbon Releases

There were two hydrocarbon releases Monday morning at Sarnia's Imperial manufacturing site.

Plant sirens sounded twice, around 7am and again at 11:15am.

Imperial spokesperson Kristina Zimmer says the company's emergency response crews isolated a second hydrocarbon release late Monday morning. She says the incident was separate from an earlier release at 7am but, the source, in both incidents was isolated within 30 minutes and the all-clear has been issued for both.

In each case, on-site personnel sheltered in place as a precaution while monitoring and other response activities took place.

Air monitoring was ongoing and the Ontario Environment Ministry and Chemical Valley Emergency Coordinating Organization (CVECO) were both notified of the incidents.

Imperial is investigating the cause of the two hydrocarbon releases.

-With files from Josh Boyce

Read More Local Stories

File photo courtesy of  © Can Stock Photo Inc. / dehooks

Scoreboard, August 1

The Jays opened their home series against the Cardinals with a win off another Dylan Cease gem.

Grand Bend Beach June 25, 2020 Image courtesy of Grand Bend Pier Beach Cam.

Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.