A gasoline spill Monday in Whatcom Falls Park, near the site of the deadly 1999 fuel pipeline explosion and fire, caused some concern among Bellingham firefighters and pipeline company officials, but no leak was found.
"Our best guess is that somebody either accidentally or intentionally introduced some gas into the storm drain," said Assistant Chief Bill Hewett of the Bellingham Fire Department.
Nevertheless, pipeline operators temporarily stopped fuel in a line that runs through the popular park and sent a worker to investigate, Hewett said. He said BP operates the line for Olympic Pipe Line Co.